Castleford railway station
Castleford Northern | |
|---|---|
| Transit authority | West Yorkshire Metro |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | CFD |
| Fare zone | 3 |
| Classification | DfT category F1 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1871 (current station) |
| Original company | York and North Midland Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 July 1840 | First station opened as Castleford |
| 1871 | Station resited |
| 15 September 1952 | Renamed Castleford Central |
| 20 February 1969 | Renamed Castleford |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 |  0.539 million |
| Interchange | 6,401 |
| 2019/20 |  0.539 million |
| Interchange |  8,222 |
| 2020/21 | 0.121 million |
| Interchange | 2,556 |
| 2021/22 | 0.353 million |
| Interchange | 8,057 |
| 2022/23 | 0.410 million |
| Interchange | 7,980 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Castleford railway station serves the town of Castleford in West Yorkshire. It lies on the Hallam and Pontefract lines, 11 miles (18 km) south-east of Leeds.
Although it was built originally as a through station, regular passenger services beyond Castleford towards
In February 2016, West Yorkshire Metro opened a new Castleford bus station close to the railway station, featuring an integrated and staffed transport interchange. Work on the new £6 million bus station was started in October 2014.[1]
History
The current station was built by the
The town gained a second station at Cutsyke in 1860, courtesy of the
Thus by the end of the nineteenth century the station (by now known as Castleford Central) had an impressive range of services to choose from, with regular links to Leeds, Wakefield and on towards Manchester Victoria through the Calder Valley as well as to York. Longer distance destinations (including Sheffield, Derby, Birmingham and London) were also available by means of a change at Normanton.
By the early 1950s however the local network began to decline, with the Garforth line the first to lose its passenger trains on 22 January 1951. The Methley Joint line fell victim to the
Another significant change was the withdrawal of services on the original Y&NMR line between York and Wakefield on 5 January 1970, leaving the station to be served (at that time) by trains on the
The station had substantial buildings on both platforms until the 1970s, but these were mostly demolished (along with the footbridge); one structure survived at the northern end of the remaining platform but not in passenger use.
A redevelopment of the station took place in 2020 with the construction of new station buildings and an enlarged car park.[6] In November 2021, work began to restore the second platform. A new footbridge with lifts has been built to enable step-free access.[7] The new footbridge was installed in October 2022 and was opened with the December 2023 timetable change.
Facilities
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The station is unstaffed, though the Metro travel centre within the nearby bus station is staffed from 08:30 each day until 16:00 on weekdays and 14:30 on Saturdays (closed Sundays);[8] this sells a full range of rail tickets. A self-service ticket machine is provided for use outside of these times and for collecting pre-paid tickets. A waiting room is available on the platform, along with a digital information screen and timetable poster board; automated train announcements also offer running information for passengers. Step-free access is available from the car park to the platform.[9] As of the completion of the new station buildings there is a takeaway food counter in the waiting room and a disabled toilet.
Services
Northern Trains
Monday to Saturdays, there is a
On Sundays there is an hourly service to Leeds and a two-hourly service to both Sheffield and Knottingley.
TransPennine Express
TransPennine Express operates a Monday to Saturday service of four trains per day each way between Manchester Piccadilly and York as an extension of its stopping service between Manchester Piccadilly and Huddersfield. The service, which commenced on 11 December 2023, travels via Wakefield Kirkgate and Normanton instead of Leeds - the only North Transpennine service not to serve the city - and is the first direct service between Castleford and York since 1970.[11] This is the only regular service to use the newly constructed Platform 2 at Castleford, as all other services usually reverse using Platform 1 (though some Northern trains from the Pontefract direction can and do use platform 2, as the track and signalling arrangements now permit this).
Notes
- ^ "Castleford Bus Station now open". WYMetro. February 2016. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ^ Body 1988, p. 51.
- ^ Body 1988, p. 51–52.
- ^ "Railway Ramblers – Wakefield". Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2008.
- ^ Castleford railway station Ward, David Geograph.org; Retrieved 19 January 2017
- ^ Thompson, Victoria (1 January 2021). "Northern completes £2.8m upgrade to Castleford station". RailAdvent. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ "Disused second platform at railway station to be re-opened". TheBusinessDesk.com. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ Castleford Bus Station Archived 1 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine WY Metro; Retrieved 19 January 2017
- ^ Castleford station facilities; National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 19 January 2017
- ^ GB National Rail Timetable December 2023, Tables 27 & 32
- ^ "Castleford to York direct trains to run on route again after 50 years". BBC News. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
References
- Body, Geoffrey (1988). PSL Field Guides – Railways of the Eastern REgion Volume 2. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens. ISBN 1-85260-072-1.
External links
- Train times and station information for Castleford railway station from National Rail
- Information from Metro about the new travel interchange