Headingley railway station
Headingley 
|
|
|---|---|
144008 at Headingley, May 2006. Class 144 Diesel Multiple Unit.
|
|
| Location | |
| Place | Headingley |
| Local authority | City of Leeds |
| Coordinates | 53°49′05″N 1°35′38″W / 53.818°N 1.594°WCoordinates: 53°49′05″N 1°35′38″W / 53.818°N 1.594°W |
| Grid reference | SE268358 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | HDY |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
|
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.394 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.337 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.357 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.365 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.400 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | West Yorkshire (Metro) |
| Zone | 2 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1849 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Headingley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 |
|
Headingley railway station (formerly known as Headingley and Kirkstall railway station until some point early in the 20th century) is off Kirkstall Lane in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England on the Harrogate Line 3 miles (5 km) north west of Leeds. The station was opened in 1849 by the Leeds & Thirsk Railway, later part of the Leeds Northern Railway to Northallerton.
The station is not staffed, though ticket vending machines are available on each platform. Passenger information screens were also installed in 2015. No step-free access is available to either platform.
The old station building and platform it stands on is no longer in railway use (the building is privately owned) - a replacement platform has been built a few yards further up the line towards Horsforth, giving the station a staggered platform configuration.
The station is halfway between Headingley centre and Kirkstall, just down the road from the Headingley Stadium's rugby and cricket grounds. It is over half a mile from the centre of Headingley itself, but close to local bus routes on Kirkstall Hill, Kirkstall Road and Kirkstall Lane. It is also close to local shops and services in Kirkstall, including Kirkstall Leisure Centre. The station also serves the West Park and Queenswood Drive areas, which it is linked to by a pedestrian footpath through the Headingley Station allotments. The predominantly student occupied houses between Kirkstall Lane and St. Ann's Drive are also within a short walk. It is the closest railway station to Leeds Beckett University's Beckett Park campus.
Monday to Saturday daytimes, is generally a half-hourly service southbound to Leeds and a half-hourly service northbound to Knaresborough with one train per hour onwards to York. In peak hours, there are extra services to and from Leeds.
...
Wikipedia