Cononley railway station serves the village of

Cononley Cononley ( or ) is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Cononley is in the Aire Valley south of Skipton and with an estimated population of 1,080 (2 ...

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. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern. It was originally opened in late 1847, at a cost of £900, by the

Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway The Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway was an early British railway company in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It built a line from near Bradford through and to . The Skipton–Colne Line closed in 1970, but the remainder of the line is ...

. It was closed on 22 March 1965, though its platforms remained intact and the main buildings survived until the mid-1970s. It was reopened by British Rail on 20 April 1988 at a cost of £34,000, which was borne by the county, district and local parish councils and the Rural Development Commission. The station has two platforms and is right beside Cononley's main street. Step-free access is available to both platforms, via the

level crossing A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using an overpass or tunnel. The term a ...

at the Skipton end of the station. It is unstaffed but has now been fitted with ticket machines (one on the southbound platform and the other on the northbound side adjacent to the exit) to allow passengers to buy before travelling. An automated Tannoy system and digital information screens provide train running information to passengers.

Services

During Monday to Saturday daytime, there is a half-hourly service from

Skipton Skipton (also known as Skipton-in-Craven) is a market town and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the East Division of Staincliffe Wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is on the River Ai ...

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by popula ...

and hourly to Bradford Forster Square and three trains an hour towards Skipton. The Bradford service was reduced from every 30 minutes to hourly at the spring 2022 timetable change. On Sundays is an hourly service to Leeds and Bradford with two trains per hour to Skipton. These services are normally provided by Class 333 or Class 331 sets. Services towards Morecambe and Carlisle normally pass through without stopping, but the first morning service to Carlisle and the last evening train from Ribblehead to Leeds each serve the station. One train to both Morecambe and Carlisle stop here on Sunday mornings.Northern Rail Timetable 36 - Skipton to Leeds and Bradford, 16 May to 11 December 2021
''Northern Rail'' website; Retrieved 16 June 2021

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Railway stations in North Yorkshire DfT Category F1 stations Craven District Former Midland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1847 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1988 Reopened railway stations in Great Britain Northern franchise railway stations Beeching closures in England 1847 establishments in England {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub