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.
The line passing through here was once a busy passenger and freight link to the inland port of Goole but since the mid-1980s much of the traffic that once used this route has disappeared. The route is single track between 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 was cut in half in 1991 and again in 2004, leaving only a residual "Parliamentary" minimum timetable in operation east of to avoid the need for statutory closure proceedings – a situation that remains unchanged to this day.