Castleford Railway Station

Facts and Figures

Castleford railway station is a railway station serving the town of Castleford in West Yorkshire. It lies on the Hallam and the Pontefract Lines 11 miles (18 km) south east of Leeds.

Although originally built as a through station, regular passenger services beyond Castleford towards York were discontinued in January 1970. Today, all trains calling at the station reverse here, arriving and departing from the former northbound platform 1. Platform 2 is currently out of use and inaccessible, though it was brought back into use temporarily during the Leeds First project in 2002 when Transpennine services between York and Huddersfield were diverted to avoid engineering work in Leeds, routed via Church Fenton, Castleford and Wakefield Kirkgate. It may also be brought back into use on a more permanent basis to help accommodate extra peak hour services if Network Rail proceed with plans mooted in the recent Yorkshire & Humberside RUS.

The route from Church Fenton continues to be used for freight traffic, empty stock transfers, special trains and such engineering and other out-of-course diversions as required as well as a small number of passenger trains that are booked this way for route retention (mainly overnight Trans-Pennine services plus, on a Saturday, the first Cross Country from York).

West Yorkshire Metro has been developing plans to relocate Castleford bus station to a new site next to the railway station, and to create a fully integrated and staffed transport interchange. In October 2014, work on the new £6 million bus station was started and it opened to the public in February 2016.

Source: Wikipedia

Station Facts

Annual Usage Figures

Year Entry/Exit Interchange
2018 197066 6553
2017 198712 8353
2016 91519 8724
2015 80355 7403
2014 69820 13079
2013 65584 10627
2012 62714 11101
2011 57942 6814
2010 58356 9132
2009 65139 5990
2008 73590 4579
2007 68216 10707

Location Data

  • Metropolitan District Ward: Castleford Central and Glasshoughton
  • UK Parliament Constituency: Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
  • Metropolitan District: Wakefield City Council
  • European Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

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Recent Crime Figures

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