Horsforth  | |||||
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 View of both platforms | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Horsforth,City of Leeds England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°50′51″N1°37′49″W / 53.8476°N 1.6302°W /53.8476; -1.6302 | ||||
| Grid reference | SE244391 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern | ||||
| Transit authority | West Yorkshire (Metro) | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | HRS | ||||
| Fare zone | 2 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1849 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  1.096 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 0.159 million | ||||
| Interchange | 208 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.561 million | ||||
| Interchange | 958 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.668 million | ||||
| Interchange | 2,567 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.740 million | ||||
| Interchange | 3,104 | ||||
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Horsforth railway station serves the town ofHorsforth inWest Yorkshire,England. It is a stop on theHarrogate Line, 5.75 miles (9 km) north-west ofLeeds, and is the final stop in theWest Yorkshire Metro regulated area towardsHarrogate.
The station, accessed from Station Road, servesHorsforth,Cookridge andTinshill, and was opened in 1849. In 1969, staff were removed and all the buildings demolished, as part of the generalretrenchment of railways in West Yorkshire at that time. However the goods shed still survives but it is incorporated in the larger DIY store. The nearbyNorth Eastern Railwaysignal box survived until 2013.
Growing traffic congestion in Leeds caused an increase in patronage from Horsforth in the 1990s, and in 2002-3, Horsforth station was extensively redeveloped to better cater for the greater number of passengers. New waiting rooms were built on both platforms, along with a ticket office on the Leeds (Up) platform, which opened on 16 July 2003. The car park was extended, using land formerly occupied by the two sidings; they still remain, in a truncated form. The station is staffed from 06:10–19:00 Mon–Sat and 09:30–16:30 Sun. Ticket machines are also provided, along with a long-line P.A system and digital information screens. Step-free access is available to both platforms.[1]
The station is roughly 45 minutes by foot fromLeeds Bradford International Airport and roughly five minutes by road, but there are no direct public transport links between the two places.
There were plans for a neighbouring station,Horsforth Woodside, to be built on the same line just south of Horsforth. However, a West Yorkshire Transport Feasibility Study, published in 2015, stated that the authority would not continue with plans for the new station.[2] A turn-back facility was constructed at Horsforth station in 2012, which will permit future timetabling improvements on the line.[3][4][5]
Monday to Saturday daytimes is generally a half-hourly service stopping southbound toLeeds and the same half-hourly service northbound toYork.
In peak hours, there are extra services to and from Leeds.[6]
In the evenings there is an hourly service in each direction. As of the December 2017 timetable change, Sundays see a very frequent service. Services to York and to Leeds are now every half an hour during the day, and into the evening.
Every day there are six throughLondon North Eastern Railway services toLondon King's Cross every two hours in each direction.
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| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Headingley | Northern Harrogate Line | Weeton | ||
| Leeds | London North Eastern Railway London to Harrogate | Harrogate | ||
