Garforth railway station

Garforth
265px Garforth railway station
Location
Place	Garforth
Local authority	City of Leeds
Coordinates
Grid reference	SE407335
Operations
Station code	GRF
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.440 million
2005/06	0.464 million
2006/07	0.483 million
2007/08	0.518 million
2008/09	0.644 million
2009/10	0.613 million
2010/11	0.676 million
2011/12	0.677 million
2012/13	0.611 million
2013/14	0.637 million
2014/15	0.652 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Zone	2
History
Key dates	Opened 1834 (1834)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Garforth from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Garforth railway station serves the town of Garforth, near Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Selby Line. Garforth is 7.1 miles (11.5 km) east of Leeds.

The station was originally opened by the Leeds and Selby Railway in 1834. The road bridge crosses the line at an oblique angle; this was considered something of a marvel at the time of construction.

Garforth station also connected with the privately owned Aberford Railway (known locally as the 'fly line' or simply 'the lines') which closed in 1924, and is now a public path commonly used for horses, dog walkers and travelling to and from Garforth community College part way upon it. East of the station was the junction to the branch line to Castleford which closed in 1969.

Garforth also has another railway station, East Garforth, situated approximately 0.56 miles (900 m) east of the main station which was opened in 1987. Though East Garforth is fully accessible to wheelchair users, the main Garforth station is not; wheelchair users can only access platform 2 which serves trains towards Leeds.

Services

Northern Rail operates services to Leeds with most services going beyond towards Bradford Interchange as well as services to York and Selby to the east.

First TransPennine Express trains also stop at Garforth hourly towards Leeds, Huddersfield and Manchester Airport (Liverpool Lime Street on Sundays) westbound and York and Middlesbrough (Scarborough on Sundays) eastbound.

High Speed CrossCountry trains travelling to and from Scotland pass through without stopping.

Proposed services

National Express East Coast proposed to operate trains directly between Garforth and London from December 2009. 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 the new InterCity East Coast (Virgin Trains East Coast) has planned to increase capacity and introduce a number of direct services between Garforth and London from 2019.

External links

• The LNER Encyclopedia: The Aberford Railway
• The LNER Encyclopedia: The Leeds and Selby Railway

• Train times and station information for Garforth railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Cross Gates		First TransPennine Express North TransPennine		York
				South Milford
		Northern Rail Selby Line		East Garforth