Castleford railway station

Castleford
Platform 2 in December 2023 with TPE and Northern services calling
General information
Location	Castleford, City of Wakefield England
Coordinates	53°43′26″N 1°21′18″W / 53.724°N 1.355°W / 53.724; -1.355
Grid reference	SE426254
Managed by	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 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]