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ON the approach to the A53 road bridge a distant
signal gives advance warning for Poppleton crossing. After passing under
the busy A53 road, the single line splits into up and down lines once
again, the transition being controlled by another small wooden signal
box. The villages of Upper and nether Poppleton are both quite large in
size and lie on each side of an approximate square of roads to the north
of the station. As at Cattal and Hammerton, the station buildings have remained substantially intact although here at Poppleton a canopy has been partially retained on the north side of the line. At this location the signal box is another small hut containing the lever frame and block instruments. A colour light signal was to have been installed on the down platform, possibly as a precursor to the installation of automatic barriers but thankfully, has now been removed (2006) although the mounting post and access platform remain in position. On the south side of the station a long siding ran behind the platform to a bank of coal drops with weighing facilities. This siding crossed the level crossing with the running lines and joined them by a trailing connection, leaving a long headshunt. The line is doubled again as far as the East Coast Main Line at Poppleton (Skelton) Junction, one and three-quarter miles north of York. Colour light signals control train working from Poppleton forward into York. The line crosses under the A1234 and makes its last road crossing at Millfield Lane. nether Poppleton, befoe merging into single line for the ladder junction with the East Coast Main Line. |
