Howden railway station serves the town of Howden in the

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. It is situated approximately north of the town in the

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North Howden North Howden is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north of the town of Howden. It lies on the B1228 road where it crosses the Hull to York railway line. It forms part of the civil parish of Howd ...

and is west of . The station is managed by

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, but is also served by TransPennine Express and Hull Trains.

History

The station was originally opened by the Hull and Selby Railway (H&SR) on 1 July 1840 as Howden and Bubwith, and was renamed as Howden on 16 April 1869. In 1885 the Hull and Barnsley Railway (H&BR) opened its own Howden station on the northern edge of Howden itself. On 1 July 1922 the H&SR station was renamed North Howden, while the H&BR station was renamed South Howden. North Howden reverted to Howden on 12 June 1961, following South Howden's closure to passengers in 1955. In 1987 Howden station was designated a Grade II

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and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.

Facilities

The station is not staffed and has no ticket machine; as such passengers must buy their tickets on the train or in advance of travel. The former buildings still stand, but are now in residential use. The platforms are staggered either side of a

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- this provides step-free access to both and the link between them. There are shelters on both platforms, along with digital information screens. Train running information can also be gained from timetable posters and by telephone.

Services

The station now has a regular frequency service (approximately hourly each way), thanks to recent improvements in the York to Hull line timetable. All westbound trains call at Selby and then continue to either

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(Northern) or

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(Hull Trains). There is also a limited service to

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and Manchester Piccadilly (a.m. peak only). Eastbound there is at least one departure per hour to

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provided by the various operators that call there. Since the new 2019 winter timetable was introduced, many of these now run through to . On Sundays, five services are provided by Hull Trains and eight services are provided by

in each direction at various points throughout the day.

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Railway stations in the East Riding of Yorkshire DfT Category F1 stations Former Hull and Selby Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1840 Railway stations served by Hull Trains Northern franchise railway stations Railway stations served by TransPennine Express Grade II listed buildings in the East Riding of Yorkshire Howden Grade II listed railway stations {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub