Poppleton is a railway station on the Harrogate Line, which runs between and via . The station, situated west of York, serves the villages of

Nether Poppleton Nether Poppleton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England. It is by the west bank of the River Ouse and is adjacent to Upper Poppleton west of York. It is close to the A59 road fro ...

and

Upper Poppleton Upper Poppleton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated by the west bank of the River Ouse adjacent to Nether Poppleton, and west of York close to the A59 from Yor ...

City of York The City of York is a unitary authority area with city status in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. The district's main settlement is York, and it extends to the surrounding area including the town of Haxby and the villages of E ...

North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...

, England. It is owned by

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and managed by

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. The line is double track between Poppleton and Skelton Junction in York. West of Poppleton, the line is single track as far as Hammerton. The station has
nursery (horticultural)
which used to supply plants across the stations in Yorkshire pre-privatisation. A two-foot gauge railway still operates around the nursery.

Facilities

The main buildings here are now privately occupied and the station is unmanned. The lack of ticket machines means that tickets need to be purchased either on the train or in advance. There are shelters and digital information screens on each platform. Step-free access is available to both platforms, which are linked by the manually-operated

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, which still retains its wooden gates and ground-level

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Services

As of the December 2021 timetable change, the station is served by a half-hourly service between Leeds and York via Harrogate, with additional services running at peak times. All services are operated by

. Rolling stock used: Class 158 ''Express Sprinter'' and Class 170 ''Turbostar''

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* * Railway stations in North Yorkshire DfT Category F2 stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848 Northern franchise railway stations Former York and North Midland Railway stations {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub