East Garforth railway station

East Garforth railway station serves Garforth in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Selby Line, operated by Northern 8 miles (13 km) east of Leeds. The station was opened by West Yorkshire Metro on 1 May 1987, to serve the new housing developments in the area.

East Garforth
A Northern Class 170 at platform 2 in 2020
Location
Place	Garforth
Local authority	Leeds
Coordinates	53.792°N 1.371°W / 53.792; -1.371
Grid reference	SE415330
Operations
Station code	EGF
Managed by	Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	0.227 million
2015/16	0.239 million
2016/17	0.253 million
2017/18	0.234 million
2018/19	0.221 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Yorkshire Metro
Zone	2
History
Key dates	Opened 1987 (1987)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at East Garforth from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The station is an unstaffed halt, and has wooden platforms with shelters on each one. It is located around 0.5 miles (800 m) from the main Garforth station.

Facilities

The view westward from the footbridge

Station entrance from the bus terminus at New Sturton Lane

The station is fully accessible for wheelchair users, with ramps from the road to both platforms. Ticket machines are available for passengers to buy or collect pre-paid tickets prior to travel. Train running information is provided by a long line P.A system and digital display screens on each platform.[1]

Services

Northern Trains Route 9: Calder Valley & East Lancashire Lines
York Ulleskelf Church Fenton Micklefield East Garforth Garforth Cross Gates Leeds Bramley New Pudsey Bradford Interchange Halifax Sowerby Bridge Colne Mytholmroyd Nelson Hebden Bridge Brierfield Burnley Central Burnley Manchester Road Burnley Barracks Todmorden Walsden Rose Grove Littleborough Hapton Smithy Bridge Huncoat Rochdale Accrington Manchester Victoria Church and Oswaldtwistle Manchester to Southport Line Rishton to Wigan Wallgate & Southport Blackburn Mill Hill Cherry Tree Pleasington Bamber Bridge Lostock Hall Preston Salwick Kirkham and Wesham Poulton-le-Fylde Blackpool North Moss Side Blackpool South Lytham Blackpool Pleasure Beach Ansdell and Fairhaven Squires Gate St. Annes-on-the-Sea for Blackpool Airport
Burnley Barracks, Hapton and Pleasington are request stops.

Monday to Saturday daytime there is a half-hourly service to Leeds, with alternate services continuing to Bradford Interchange and Halifax. Eastbound, there are hourly services to York and Hull (the latter extended from Selby at the winter 2019 timetable change; this is the service that runs to Halifax westbound). The same frequency remains in place during the evening; on Sundays there are also two trains per hour each way - to Leeds westbound and alternately to York and Selby eastbound.[2]

Services operated by CrossCountry and TransPennine Express pass the station without stopping, as does the daily London North Eastern Railway service to/from Aberdeen.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Garforth		Northern Selby Line		Micklefield

References

1. East Garforth station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 6 December 2016
2. Table 40 National Rail timetable, December 2019

External links

Media related to East Garforth railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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