Castleford railway station

Castleford
National Rail
Platform 2 in December 2023 with TPE and Northern services calling
General information
LocationCastleford, City of Wakefield
England
Coordinates53°43′26″N 1°21′18″W / 53.724°N 1.355°W / 53.724; -1.355
Grid referenceSE426254
Managed byNorthern
Transit authorityWest Yorkshire Metro
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCFD
Fare zone3
ClassificationDfT category F1
History
Opened1871 (current station)
Original companyYork and North Midland Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 July 1840First station opened as Castleford
1871Station resited
15 September 1952Renamed Castleford Central
20 February 1969Renamed Castleford
Passengers
2019/20Steady 0.539 million
 Interchange Increase 8,222
2020/21Decrease 0.121 million
 Interchange Decrease 2,556
2021/22Increase 0.353 million
 Interchange Increase 8,057
2022/23Increase 0.410 million
 Interchange Decrease 7,980
2023/24Increase 0.424 million
 Interchange Increase 17,489
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 York were discontinued on 5 January 1970. Today, all Northern Trains services calling at the station reverse here, arriving and departing from the former northbound platform 1. Platform 2 had been brought back into temporary use during the Leeds First project in 2002; Trans-Pennine services between York and Huddersfield were diverted to avoid engineering work in Leeds, routed via Church Fenton, Castleford and Wakefield Kirkgate. Platform 2 has subsequently been rebuilt with a new footbridge to enable step-free access. Platform 2 was brought back into permanent use in December 2023 to accommodate extra services as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade project. The route from Church Fenton continues to be used for freight traffic, empty stock transfers, special trains and such engineering and other diversions as required as well as a small number of passenger trains that are booked this way for route retention.

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]

  1. ^ "Castleford Bus Station now open". WYMetro. February 2016. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.