Garforth railway station

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Garforth
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Garforth station, August 2020.jpg
Garforth station platforms from the footbridge in 2020
General information
Location Garforth, City of Leeds
England
Coordinates 53°47′48″N1°22′57″W / 53.7966°N 1.3824°W / 53.7966; -1.3824
Grid reference SE407335
Managed by Northern
Transit authority West Yorkshire Metro
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeGRF
Fare zone2
Classification DfT category E
History
Opened1834
Passengers
2018/19Decrease2.svg 0.644 million

Northern operates a half-hourly service to Leeds, as well as hourly services to York and Hull via Selby to the east. [5] The Hull service began operating at the winter 2019 timetable change and runs through to Halifax via Bradford Interchange in the westbound direction, restoring the link to Bradford lost when the York to Blackpool North service ceased calling in May 2018 (this has been reinstated however in December 2022). [6]

TransPennine Express trains also stop at Garforth hourly towards Leeds, Huddersfield and Liverpool Lime Street westbound and Scarborough eastbound. [7] The service now also stops here on Sundays since the start of the winter 2019 timetable. However these services have also been reinstated in the December 2022 timetable and now run to Liverpool and Manchester once again.

Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Leeds   TransPennine Express
North TransPennine 		  York
Cross Gates   Northern
Selby Line 		  East Garforth
Disused railways
Cross Gates   North Eastern Railway
Castleford–Garforth line 		  Kippax

Proposed services

National Express East Coast proposed to operate trains directly between Garforth and London from December 2009. [8] This proposal was supported by the Office of the Rail Regulator in January 2009, however the Department of Transport had rejected the plans because the proposal would require changes to franchised services and there was not enough capacity for these services, however Virgin Trains East Coast had plans to increase capacity and introduce a number of direct services between Garforth and London from 2019. The plans have not as yet (summer 2019) been implemented, as VTEC no longer operates the East Coast franchise and a private successor is yet to be agreed upon.

The main station building with taxi rank and car park Garforth station building.jpg
The main station building with taxi rank and car park

The station has a taxi-office with the taxi rank directly outside the main buildings. Buses serve the station on Aberford Road, to which there is a direct link from the stations' footbridge.

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References

  1. ↑ "Garforth" Railway Architecture of North East England; Retrieved 18 November 2016
  2. ↑ Newton, Grace (11 January 2023). "Victorian footbridge at Garforth Station to move to heritage railway as part of Leeds to York line electrification". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  3. ↑ Grant, Alex (9 November 2023). "Garforth station: Historic rail bridge 'relocated to Kent' as construction continues on £6m Leeds Beacon Bridge". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  4. ↑ Garforth station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 29 November 2016
  5. ↑ GB eNRT, December 2023 Edition, Table 23
  6. ↑ Table 22 National Rail timetable, December 2023
  7. ↑ Table 39 National Rail timetable, December 2023
  8. ↑ National Express Group PLC – National Express submits exciting proposals for new services and faster journeys Archived 6 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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