Weeton railway station serves the villages of Weeton and Huby in

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, England. It is located on the Harrogate Line north of

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 operated by Northern who provide all passenger train services.

History

The

Leeds and Thirsk Railway The Leeds Northern Railway (LNR), originally the Leeds and Thirsk Railway, was an English railway company that built and opened a line from Leeds to Stockton via Harrogate and Thirsk. In 1845 the Leeds and Thirsk Railway received permission for ...

was authorised in 1845, and built in stages. The section between and ''Weeton'' opened on 1 September 1848. On 9 July 1849, the final section of the original L&TR main line was formally opened, between Weeton and Leeds. The station at Weeton was described as ''Weeton for Ormscliff Crags'' in some timetables.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed, but has ticket machines in place to allow intending passengers to buy prior to boarding the train. There are only basic shelters on each platform, but there are passenger information screens in place and a public address system to provide train running information. Neither platform is DDA-compliant, as the Leeds one has steps to it and access to the Harrogate one is via a steep pathway.

Services

During Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is generally a half-hourly service southbound to

and a half-hourly service northbound to

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with one train per hour onwards to

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.GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 35 In the evenings and on Sundays there is generally an hourly service in each direction, with some services starting/terminating at Harrogate at the beginning & end of service.

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Railway stations in North Yorkshire DfT Category F2 stations Former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848 Northern franchise railway stations {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub