York railway station
York | |
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| General information | |
| Location | York |
| Managed by | National Express East Coast |
| Platforms | 11 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | YRK |
| History | |
| Opened | 1877 Extended 1909 Footbridge Built 1938 Repaired 1947 Currently being refurbished |
- This article is about a railway station in England. For the similarly named subway station in Brooklyn, New York City, see York Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line).
York railway station is a main-line railway station in the historic city of York. It lies on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) between London's King's Cross station and Edinburgh's Waverley Station. Originally it was part of the North Eastern Railway.
The first York railway station was built within the walls of the city in 1839 by the York and North Midland Railway, and was the terminus of the original trunk route for trains to London, via Derby and Birmingham. A second station, also inside the walls, was built in 1841.
The present station was designed by the North Eastern Railway architect Thomas Prosser and William Peachey. On completion in 1877, it had 13 platforms and was the largest in the world.
In 1909 new platforms were added, and in 1938 the current footbridge was built. The building was damaged during the Second World War and extensively repaired in 1947. As of February 2006, work is underway to rationalise and improve the approach to the station, which remains largely as it was in the 1870s, for bus, taxi, and car users as well as pedestrians and cyclists.
The station provides services to:
- Doncaster, Retford, Grantham, Newark, Peterborough, Stevenage, London and other stations on the ECML south
- Darlington, Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Inverness and other stations on the ECML north
- Leeds, Sheffield, Derby, Birmingham, Bristol via CrossCountry services on to
- Harrogate and Knaresborough (going on to Leeds) on the Harrogate Line
- Liverpool, Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport to the west and Middlesbrough to the north via TransPennine Express services
- Bradford, Halifax, Hebden Bridge and stations to Preston and Blackpool or Manchester Victoria by Northern Rail's commuter services
- Leicester, Kettering, Bedford, Luton and other stations on the Midland Main Line served by East Midlands Trains through Sheffield.
- Hull on the Hull to York Line, Selby, and Scarborough on the North TransPennine Line to the east.
The former motive power depot now houses the National Railway Museum.
Station users
The station is used by the following TOCs
- National Express East Coast - Inter-City 225 (Class 91 electric locomotive and DVT) and Inter-City 125 (HST) services between London and the North East and Scotland.
- TransPennine Express - Class 185 "Pennine" diesel multiple units between Manchester and Liverpool and Scarborough, Newcastle or Middlesbrough.
- Northern Rail - assorted Sprinter (Class 15x) and Pacer (Class 14x) diesel multiple units operating 'stopping' services across Yorkshire, Greater Manchester and Lancashire.
- CrossCountry - Class 220 and Class 221 'Voyager' diesel multiple units on cross-country services linking the Midlands and South West with the North East, South East Wales and Scotland.
- East Midlands Trains - very limited weekend-only service, run by Class 222 Meridian diesel multiple units. East Midlands Trains terminate at York in the winter and run on to Scarborough in the summer. East Midlands Trains offers an alternative (but much slower) route to the South along the Midland Main Line via Leicester to London St Pancras (now the home of Eurostar international services).
- Grand Central - Inter-City 125 between London and the North East and Sunderland
The station is operated by National Express East Coast on behalf of Network Rail.
All the platforms except 9/10/11 are under the large, curved, glass and iron roof. They are accessed via a long footbridge (which also connects to the National Railway Museum) or by lifts and a tunnel.
The platforms at York have been renumbered several times, the current use is:
- Platform 1: South-facing bay platform mostly used for services to Hull and for stabling empty stock.
- Platform 2: North-facing bay platform connected only to the Scarborough branch, used mostly for stabling a spare TPX unit (along with the accompanying station siding).
- Platform 3: Main southbound platform, accessible directly from the station concourse. Most southbound National Express East Coast or CrossCountry services and some Westbound First Trans-Pennine Express services use this.
- Platform 4: Northward continuation of platform 3 connected only to the Scarborough branch, used by most First Trans-Pennine Express services from Scarborough.
- Platform 5: Main northbound platform, accessible by footbridge or tunnel. Most northbound National Express East Coast or CrossCountry services and some North/Eastbound First Trans-Pennine Express services use this.
- Platform 6: South-facing bay platform used mostly by Northern Rail commuter services.
- Platform 7: South-facing bay platform used mostly by Northern Rail commuter services.
- Platform 8: North-facing bay platform used almost exclusively by Northern Rail trains on the Harrogate Line.
- Platforms 9, 10, 11: Bidirectional platforms used by National Express East Coast, Cross-Country and TransPennine Express services.
Platforms 10 and 11 exist outside the main body of the station. Another siding (the former fruit dock) exists opposite Platform 11.
Services
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doncaster or Leeds |
CrossCountry Cross Country Route |
Darlington | ||
| Doncaster | East Midlands Trains London St Pancras - York Winter only |
Terminus | ||
| East Midlands Trains London St Pancras - Scarborough Summer only |
Scarborough | |||
| Garforth or Leeds |
First TransPennine Express North TransPennine |
Thirsk or Darlington or Malton | ||
| London King's Cross |
Grand Central (London-Sunderland) |
Thirsk | ||
| Doncaster | National Express East Coast East Coast Main Line |
Northallerton or Darlington | ||
| Poppleton | Northern Rail Harrogate Line |
Terminus | ||
| Ulleskelf | Northern Rail York & Selby Lines |
Terminus | ||
| Ulleskelf | Northern Rail Dearne Valley Line |
Terminus | ||
| Selby or Ulleskelf |
Northern Rail Hull-York Line |
Terminus | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Terminus | Y&NMR York to Scarborough Line |
Haxby Station closed; Line open | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Terminus | NER York to Beverley Line |
Earswick | ||
External links
- Historic England. "Details from listed building database ({{{num}}})". National Heritage List for England.
- Train times and station information for York railway station from National Rail
- WikiMapia link for York railway station.
- Railway stations in North Yorkshire
- Transport in York
- Grade II* listed buildings in North Yorkshire
- 1877 architecture
- Railway stations opened in 1877
- Railway stations served by Grand Central
- Railway stations served by East Midlands Trains
- Railway stations served by CrossCountry
- Railway stations served by First TransPennine Express
- Railway stations served by National Express East Coast
- Railway stations served by Northern Rail