East Garforth railway station explained

East Garforth
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Garforth, City of Leeds
Country:England
Coordinates:53.792°N -1.371°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:Northern
Platforms:2
Code:EGF
Zone:2
Classification:DfT category F1
Transit Authority:West Yorkshire Metro
Opened:1987
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

East Garforth railway station serves Garforth in West Yorkshire, England. It is on the Selby Line, and operated by Northern. The station was opened by West Yorkshire Metro in May 1987.

The station is an unstaffed halt, and has wooden platforms with shelters on each one. It is located around 8001NaN1 from the main Garforth station.

Facilities

The station is fully accessible for wheelchair users, with ramps from the road to both platforms. Ticket machines are available for passengers to buy or collect pre-paid tickets prior to travel. Train running information is provided by a long line P.A system and digital display screens on each platform.[1]

Services

Monday to Saturday daytime there is a half-hourly service to Leeds, with alternate services continuing to Bradford Interchange and . Eastbound, there are hourly services to and (the latter extended from Selby at the winter 2019 timetable change; this is the service that runs to Halifax westbound). The same frequency remains in place during the evening; on Sundays there are also two trains per hour each way - to Leeds westbound and alternately to York and Selby eastbound.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/EGF/details.html East Garforth station facilities