Garforth railway station

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Garforth
Location
Place	Garforth
Local authority	City of Leeds
Coordinates	53°47′46″N 1°22′52″W / 53.796, -1.381Coordinates: 53°47′46″N 1°22′52″W / 53.796, -1.381
Operations
Station code	GRF
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.440 million
2005/06 *	0.463 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Zone	2
History
Key dates	Opened 1834
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Garforth from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Garforth railway station serves the town of Garforth, near Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the York and Selby Lines and North TransPennine routes. Garforth is 11.5 kilometres (7.1 mi) 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 (know locally as the 'fly line') which closed in 1924. East of the station was the junction to the branch line to Castleford which closed in 1969.

Garforth also has another rail station, East Garforth, situated approximately 900 metres (0.56 mi) 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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
Leeds City		First TransPennine Express North TransPennine		York or South Milford
Cross Gates		Northern Rail York and Selby Lines		East Garforth

Railway stations in West Yorkshire
MetroTrain lines: ▐ Airedale • ▐ Caldervale • ║ Dearne Valley • ▐ Hallam Line • ▐ Harrogate • ▐ Huddersfield • ▐ Leeds-Bradford • ▐ Penistone • ▐ Pontefract • ▐ Wakefield • ▐ Wharfedale • ▐ York & Selby
Major stations:   Bradford Forster Square - Bradford Interchange - Halifax - Huddersfield - Leeds - Shipley - Wakefield Westgate
Other stations:  Baildon - Batley - Ben Rhydding - Berry Brow - Bingley - Bramley - Brockholes - Brighouse - Burley Park - Burley-in-Wharfedale - Castleford - Cottingley - Crossflatts - Cross Gates - Darton* - Deighton - Denby Dale - Dewsbury - East Garforth - Featherstone - Fitzwilliam - Frizinghall - Garforth - Glasshoughton - Guiseley - Headingley - Hebden Bridge - Honley - Horsforth - Ilkley - Keighley - Knottingley - Lockwood - Marsden - Menston - Micklefield - Mirfield - Moorthorpe - Morley - Mytholmroyd - New Pudsey - Normanton - Outwood - Pontefract Baghill - Pontefract Monkhill - Pontefract Tanshelf - Ravensthorpe - Saltaire - Sandal and Agbrigg - Shepley - Slaithwaite - South Elmsall - Sowerby Bridge - Steeton and Silsden - Stocksmoor - Streethouse - Todmorden - Wakefield Kirkgate - Walsden - Woodlesford
* Darton station is in South Yorkshire, however West Yorkshire Metro passes are valid to/from this station.
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