| Poppleton West, A59
Written by Mark Bearton - 29 Mar 2005 |
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The bridge is on the A59 York to Harrogate, Skipton and Preston road about 3 miles west of York and about a mile west of its junction with the A1237 York Ring-Road.
There is a farm track on the south side of the road by the bridge where you can park.
There is an hourly service by train to Poppleton station from York to Harrogate and Leeds, also Firstbus service 10 operates every 20 minutes from York and turns right off the A59 shortly before the bridge and up the lane past the station. From the station, turn left and walk down the lane to the main road. Turn right onto the A59 to the bridge (10 minute walk).
There are no facilities at the bridge or the station. There are probably a few shops and a pub in Upper Poppleton village itself (turn right from the station), and there is a Maypole on the village green.
The line here is roughly east-west so the light at this location is best from just before midday until mid-late afternoon for trains heading west from York. The station at Poppleton itself is very quiet and a good shot of a train entering the station from York and taken from the end of the platform can be had at the same time of day. There are semaphore signals and manually operated crossing gates.
