Three weeks later, with the completion of the stone viaduct crossing the River Nidd at Knaresborough on 21 July 1851, the temporary station was closed and a new Knaresborough station opened on the current site just beyond the stone viaduct.

[2][3]In 1865 the North Eastern Railway replaced the 1851 station with a new one designed by Thomas Prosser.

[6] Beyond the platforms eastbound is a tunnel which separated the station from the goods yard (now a bus depot) and the line's major junction.

[5][11] It supervises the single line section eastwards to Cattal, an adjacent level crossing and a crossover that is used to reverse those trains from Leeds that terminate here.

The station buildings on the eastbound platform are in private commercial use – one of these is a cafe (sited in the old booking office) that is open to the public.

system and passenger information screens are in place to provide train running details.