Poppleton railway station

Poppleton
General information
Location	Upper Poppleton, City of York England
Coordinates	53°58′33″N 1°08′54″W / 53.9759597°N 1.1484069°W / 53.9759597; -1.1484069
Grid reference	SE559536
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	POP
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway British Rail (North Eastern Region)
Key dates
30 October 1848	Opened
Passengers
2019/20	74,044
2020/21	14,468
2021/22	56,868
2022/23	72,144
2023/24	89,072
Services
Preceding station Northern Following station Hammerton towards Leeds via Harrogate Harrogate Line York Terminus
Location Poppleton Location in North Yorkshire, England
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Poppleton is a railway station on the Harrogate Line, which runs between Leeds and York via Harrogate. The station, situated 2 miles 72 chains (4.7 km) west of York, serves the villages of Nether Poppleton and Upper Poppleton, City of York in North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

The line is double track between Poppleton and Skelton Junction in York. West of Poppleton, the line is single track as far as Hammerton.^[1]

The station has a nursery (horticultural), which used to supply plants across the stations in Yorkshire pre-privatisation. A two-foot gauge railway still operates around the nursery.

In 2022-2023, the destination with the most journeys was York, with 36,554 journeys (50.7% of journeys).