Guiseley railway station

Guiseley railway station is a railway station in Guiseley, in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England. On the Wharfedale Line between Ilkley and Leeds/Bradford Forster Square, it is served mostly by Class 333 electric trains run by Northern Trains, which also manages the station.

Guiseley
Guiseley Station
Location
Place	Guiseley
Local authority	City of Leeds
Coordinates	53.876°N 1.715°W / 53.876; -1.715
Grid reference	SE188422
Operations
Station code	GSY
Managed by	Northern Trains
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	1.240 million
2015/16	1.259 million
2016/17	1.296 million
2017/18	1.259 million
2018/19	1.224 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Zone	3
History
Key dates	Opened 1865 (1865)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Guiseley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

The station before electrification

The station opened in 1865 originally being owned by the Midland Railway. There were services to Otley until 1965 when the Arthington to Menston line closed under the Beeching axe. The line was electrified between 1994 and 1995 while the station was largely reconstructed in 2002. Patronage has slowly increased at the station with it having consistently over one million annual passengers since 2012.

Services

British Rail Class 333s serve the station as are seen here in 2014.

The 2002 waiting room and ticket office.

During Monday to Saturday daytimes services run to/from Leeds and Bradford twice per hour, meaning that as Guiseley is the first station that is served by trains on both branches of the line, there are four services every hour to Ilkley. During Monday to Saturday evenings, services are hourly to/from both Leeds and Bradford Forster Square. On Sundays, services are hourly to/from Leeds and Bradford.[1] Services at the station are operated by British Rail Class 333 and Class 331 electric multiple units.

Facilities

The station facilities were redeveloped in 2002 to give a new waiting room on platform two (for trains to Leeds and Bradford) and a waiting room and ticket office on platform one (for trains to Ilkley). This office is open from 06:15–19:30 Mon–Sat and 09:15–16:30 on Sundays. A small car park is accessible from Station Road and the station has cycle lockers situated on either platform with an additional cycle shelter outside the ticket office. Passengers on foot can also access the station via a path from Netherfield Road or a path that connects with Morton Terrace and Otley Road. Step-free access is available only on the Ilkley-bound platform.[2] The station is equipped with live information displays, there is a payphone on platform one and an automated ticket machine which can be used outside of the ticket office hours on platform two.

Connections to Leeds Bradford Airport

Along with Horsforth station on the Harrogate Line, Guiseley is one of the two closest railway stations to Leeds Bradford Airport, at nearby Yeadon. An hourly bus service (Service 737) between the airport and Bradford Interchange runs along nearby Oxford Road. However, a more frequent bus service to/from the airport (Service 757) runs from Leeds railway station but can take longer.

References

1. Table 38 National Rail timetable, December 2019
2. Guiseley station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 5 December 2016

External links

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

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Kirkstall Forge		Northern Trains Wharfedale Line		Menston
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