East Garforth railway station

East Garforth
A Northern Class 170 at platform 2 in 2020
General information
Location	Garforth, City of Leeds England
Coordinates	53.792°N 1.371°W / 53.792; -1.371
Grid reference	SE415330
Managed by	Northern
Transit authority	West Yorkshire Metro
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	EGF
Fare zone	2
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Opened	1987
Passengers
2018/19	0.221 million
2019/20	0.224 million
2020/21	35,670
2021/22	0.114 million
2022/23	0.159 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

East Garforth railway station serves Garforth in West Yorkshire, England. It is on the Selby Line, and operated by Northern. The station was opened by West Yorkshire Metro in May 1987.

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
v t e
Calder Valley Line and East Lancashire Line
York Ulleskelf Church Fenton Micklefield East Garforth Garforth Cross Gates Leeds Bramley New Pudsey Bradford Interchange Low Moor Halifax Sowerby Bridge Mytholmroyd Hebden Bridge Manchester Victoria Moston Mills Hill Castleton Rochdale Smithy Bridge Littleborough Walsden Todmorden Colne Nelson Brierfield Burnley Central Burnley Barracks Burnley Manchester Road Rose Grove Hapton Huncoat Accrington Church and Oswaldtwistle Rishton Blackburn Mill Hill Cherry Tree Pleasington Bamber Bridge Lostock Hall Preston Salwick Kirkham and Wesham Poulton-le-Fylde Blackpool North Moss Side Lytham Ansdell and Fairhaven St Annes-on-the-Sea Squires Gate Blackpool Pleasure Beach Blackpool South
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]

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