Giggleswick railway station serves the village of Giggleswick

Giggleswick

Giggleswick is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England near the town of Settle. It is the site of Giggleswick School.-Origin of name:A Dictionary of British Place Names contains the entry:...

 in North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. The station is 41.25 miles (66 km) north west of Leeds on the Leeds to Morecambe Line towards Lancaster

Lancaster railway station

Lancaster railway station is a railway station that serves the city of Lancaster in Lancashire, England...

 and Morecambe

Morecambe railway station

Morecambe railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Morecambe in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Morecambe Branch Line from to Heysham. The current truncated two-platform station was opened in 1994 to replace the Midland Railway's earlier terminus situated some...

. It is unstaffed and operated by Northern Rail

Northern Rail

Northern Rail is a British train operating company that has operated local passenger services in Northern England since 2004. Northern Rail's owner, Serco-Abellio, is a consortium formed of Abellio and Serco, an international operator of public transport systems...

, who provide all passenger train services.

History

Opened by the "little" North Western Railway in 1849, the station was originally known as "Settle", as it was the first station to serve the town, though situated some distance west of its centre. Following the completion of the Settle-Carlisle Railway

Settle-Carlisle Railway

The Settle–Carlisle Line is a long main railway line in northern England. It is also known as the Settle and Carlisle. It is a part of the National Rail network and was constructed in the 1870s...

, the name was altered to "Giggleswick" in November 1877 to avoid confusion with the recently opened Settle

Settle railway station

Settle railway station serves the town of Settle in North Yorkshire, England. It is operated by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services. It is situated at the southern end of the Settle-Carlisle Line north of ....

station a mile to the east.

Service

Monday to Saturdays, five trains a day head from Giggleswick southbound to Skipton and Leeds and northbound to Morecambe with four each way on Sundays all year since the May 2011 timetable change (an improvement on the former twice-daily winter frequency).