Arram railway station

Arram railway station serves the small village of Arram in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Yorkshire Coast Line and is operated by Northern who provide all passenger train services. It is mentioned in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.^[1]

Arram
General information
Location	Arram, East Riding of Yorkshire England
Coordinates	53.884000°N 0.425000°W / 53.884000; -0.425000
Grid reference	TA035442
Managed by	Northern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	ARR
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1853
Passengers
2019/20	828
2020/21	92
2021/22	738
2022/23	598
2023/24	1,790
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

Opened by the York and North Midland Railway, then by the North Eastern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the North Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and has very basic facilities (the station house is privately owned and all the other buildings have been demolished, leaving only waiting shelters on each platform).^[2] The platforms are staggered, either side of a half-barrier level crossing and each has level access from the road.^[3] No ticket machine is provided, so passengers must buy tickets in advance or on the train.

Services

The station has a limited service compared with others on the route due to the rural nature of the area it serves - currently six services call here in each direction (Monday to Saturday). On Sundays two northbound trains call at 08:54 (to Scarborough) and 17:45 (to Bridlington) and two southbound to Hull at 10:08 and 18:50.^[4] Arram is known as a "ghost station" due to the small number of passengers using it annually (only 598 in the year ending March 2023).^[5]

Routes

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Beverley		Northern Yorkshire Coast Line		Hutton Cranswick
Historical railways
Beverley		Y&NMR Hull and Scarborough Line		Lockington Station closed; Line open