Station code HRS DfT category F1 Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference SE244391 Managed by Northern 2011/12 0.961 million | |
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Similar Woodlesford railway station, Guiseley railway station, Headingley railway station, Weeton railway station, Micklefield railway station | ||
Comings goings at horsforth railway station leeds west yorkshire england 2015
Horsforth railway station is a railway station in West Yorkshire, England. It is on the Harrogate Line 5.75 miles (9 km) north west of Leeds station and the final stop in the Metro regulated area towards Harrogate. The station is located on the Cookridge side of the Moseley beck but has a Horsforth postcode (LS18).
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- Comings goings at horsforth railway station leeds west yorkshire england 2015
- Horsforth railway station 2014 compilation leeds west yorkshire england
- Services
- References
The station (accessed from Station Road, Horsforth) serves Horsforth, Cookridge and Tinshill and was opened in 1849. In 1969 it was unstaffed and all the buildings demolished as part of the general retrenchment of railways in West Yorkshire at that time. The nearby North Eastern Railway signal box survived until 2013.
Growing traffic congestion in Leeds promoted an increased traffic from Horsforth in the 1990s, and in 2002/3 Horsforth station was extensively redeveloped to better cater for the greater number of passengers. New waiting rooms were built on both platforms, along with a ticket office on the Leeds (Up) platform which opened on 16 July 2003. The car park was extended, using land formerly occupied by the two sidings; these still remain, in a truncated form. The station is staffed from 06:10–19:00 Mon–Sat and 09:30–16:30 Sun. Ticket machines are also provided, along with a long-line P.A system and digital information screens. Step-free access is available to both platforms.
The station is roughly 45 minutes by foot from Leeds Bradford International Airport and is roughly 5 minutes by road.
There had been plans for a neighbouring station, Horsforth Woodside, to be built on the same line just south of the station. However a West Yorkshire Transport Feasibility Study published in 2015 stated that the authority would discontinue with plans for the new station. A turn-back facility for Horsforth station was constructed in 2012. This allows timetabling improvements to the line in future.
Horsforth railway station 2014 compilation leeds west yorkshire england
Services
Monday to Saturday daytimes is generally a half-hourly service southbound to Leeds and a half-hourly service northbound to Knaresborough with one train per hour onwards to York. In peak hours, there are extra services to and from Leeds. The new Northern franchise (that started in April 2016) will see additional services running as far as Harrogate throughout the day (from late 2017) and a more frequent service from here in both directions as a result (up from 2 per hour to 4 on weekdays, plus one extra per hour to Harrogate & Knaresborough on Sundays).
In the evenings there is an hourly service in each direction and on Sundays there's an hourly service to Harrogate and York with a half hourly service to Leeds through the day reverting to hourly by the evening.
Every morning there is one direct Virgin Trains East Coast service to London King's Cross in the southbound direction only. The evening return service passes through the station non-stop.