Country Station.

It is not very often we see a country station with token exchanges, a level crossing, semaphore signals and a train which stops to collect passengers... but here at Poppleton on the York to Harrogate line we have all of those things plus a signalman who operates the gates manually. The signalling centre at nearby York station may operate everything at York and Leeds and who knows where, but Poppleton still has "real" signals and a signal box of its own. 

The Harrogate bound train passes over the level crossing and onto the single line. 

Here we see the down platform starter, level crossing and signal box. 

Commuters travel to the station using all sorts of transport. The lady who left this on the platform  was probably heading for Harrogate.

Approaching its last stop before York the driver of the class 150/1 gets ready to hand over the single line token to the signalman.

After collecting the token and resetting the signals the signalman opens the gates to allow the residents of Poppleton to get on with the business of the day. 

The up side (York bound) platform complete with cycle racks and glass fronted shelter.