Rawcliffe railway station

Rawcliffe railway station is a railway station that serves the village of Rawcliffe in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The station is located on the Pontefract Line.

Rawcliffe
General information
Location	Rawcliffe, East Riding of Yorkshire England
Coordinates	53°41′20″N 0°57′32″W / 53.68902°N 0.95900°W / 53.68902; -0.95900
Grid reference	SE687218
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	RWC
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1 April 1848
Passengers
2018/19	522
2019/20	330
2020/21	36
2021/22	218
2022/23	442
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The line passing through here was once a busy passenger and freight link to the inland port of Goole (the line and station first being opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on 1 April 1848) but since the mid-1980s much of the traffic that once used this route has disappeared. The route is single track between Hensall and Goole, the level crossing here has been automated and the rail-served freight terminal in Goole docks sees little use. The station has also been downsized and its signal box demolished.

The former five trains each way per day service of the late 1980s (see British Rail National Passenger Timetables from May 1988–90) was cut in half in 1991 (due to shortage of rolling stock) and again in 2004, leaving only a residual "Parliamentary" minimum timetable in operation east of Knottingley to avoid the need for statutory closure proceedings – a situation that remains unchanged to this day.^[1]