Information |
Type: |
National Rail (Harrogate Line) |
Station code: |
HGT |
Opened: |
1862 |
Platforms: |
2 |
Harrogate, on the Harrogate Line between
Leeds and
York, was opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1862. However it isn't the town's first station,
Brunswick was opened by the York & North Midland Railway in 1848 though was less central than the new Harrogate station. Brunswick was closed when Harrogate opened.
The current station buildings date from a complete rebuild in the mid-1960s with the footbridge and the station frontage being replaced in the 2000s. Although Harrogate has a platform 1 and 3. Platform 2, a bay platform, is no longer used.
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Northern 142 021 stands at Harrogate on a service from York |
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Footbridge with another bridge part of an adjoining complex now above it |
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Station frontage |
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Harrogate North signalbox |
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General station view |