New Pudsey railway station

Coordinates: 53°48′17″N 1°40′50″W / 53.804720°N 1.680560°W / 53.804720; -1.680560
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New Pudsey
West Yorkshire (Metro)
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeNPD
Fare zone2
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Opened6 March 1967
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 0.823 million
2019/20Increase 0.835 million
2020/21Decrease 0.114 million
2021/22Increase 0.402 million
2022/23Increase 0.557 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

New Pudsey railway station serves the towns of

Thornbury
.

Facilities

New Pudsey station seen from the road bridge of Owlcotes Lane with footbridge and access ramps to platforms

The station is staffed, and the ticket office is open from 05:55 to 19:00 on Mondays to Saturdays. A ticket machine is also available. Step-free access from the booking office to both platforms is provided via ramps to the footbridge that links them.[1] Train running information is available via passenger information screens and P.A announcements. The platforms are long enough to accommodate Intercity trains, and there is a large car park to the south of the station.

New Pudsey was originally served by occasional through trains from Bradford Interchange to London Kings Cross. However, after electrification of the East Coast Main Line, through services were routed via Shipley to Bradford Forster Square.

History

New Pudsey in 1979 with a westbound service

Pudsey was originally served by a short branch line running from

Beeching Axe
.

This station opened by British Rail on 6 March 1967[2] and is located in Farsley about 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of Pudsey town centre. It was opened as a 'new' station for Pudsey; there is no place called New Pudsey.

The station is situated just under a mile west of the location of the former Stanningley railway station (formerly Stanningley for Farsley),[3] which closed on 1 January 1968,[4] having supposedly been replaced by New Pudsey, although the two catchment areas were largely different.

New Pudsey was one of the first railway stations to be specifically built as a railway station for motorists, being situated on the convergence of several main roads and the ring road, and after opening was featured in a film by British Transport Films for this reason. The 13 minute film was called Rail Report 8: The New Tradition (1968).

Services

Eastbound service with 156498 at New Pudsey in June 2006

Eastbound

During Monday to Saturday daytimes, there are four trains an hour to Leeds; in the evenings this service runs twice hourly. One train each hour continues beyond Leeds to

Hull
via Selby has been introduced in place of the former Huddersfield - Bradford - Leeds service (which now only runs on Sundays), restoring through journey opportunities to local stations east of Leeds that were removed in December 2018.

Westbound

During Monday to Saturday daytimes there are four trains an hour to Bradford Interchange and Halifax. Two trains each hour continue to Manchester Victoria (one limited stop, the other serving all stations to

Halifax. The service is thrice-hourly in the evenings with two trains per hour running to Manchester Victoria (one to Chester) and to Blackpool North.[5]
From the December 2019 timetable change, Huddersfield passengers now need to change at Bradford as the current through service has been curtailed there on weekdays and Saturdays (though the overall service pattern will remain unchanged, with a Hull to Halifax service taking its place). On Sundays, there are four trains per hour - two to Manchester and one Blackpool North and Huddersfield. One of the Manchester trains now runs through to Chester.

Transport links

The next bus stops are on Stanningley Bypass (express services between Bradford and Leeds and local services between Pudsey Owlcotes Centre and Leeds), in Bradford Road (services to Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax). A stop of the frequent service between Pudsey and Seacroft is located at the corner of Bradford Road and Old Road, approximately 0.4 mi (0.64 km) from the station.[6]

New Pudsey Station on television

The station was featured in a 1969

drag) briefly appear on Platform 1 early in the sketch as Mr and Mrs Samuel Brainsample. After the camera pans off Chapman and Idle, Palin is shown walking up the ramp from the platform toward town. At the beginning of the sketch reference is made to the alien visitors coming "to conquer and destroy the very heart of civilisation", with a fade-in to the sign reading "New Pudsey". Laughter follows.[7]

References

  1. ^ New Pudsey station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 30 November 2016
  2. ISBN 1-871944-19-8
    .
  3. ^ Stanningley GNR station, on the Leeds-Bradford line, opened in 1854; was renamed Stanningley for Farsley and then named Stanningley again in 1961.
  4. ^ "Leeds to Bradford (GNR). 1854 - Present. Great Northern Railway". Lost Railways West Yorkshire. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  5. ^ GB National Rail Timetable May 2023, Table 37
  6. ^ "Bus timetables". Metro. Transport for West Yorkshire. 2016. Archived from the original on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2016. - Services 8, 9, 14, 16, 72, 88, 508, X6
  7. ^ Ib Rasmussen. "Episode Seven: You're no fun any more".

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