Leeds railway station

Leeds
Platforms 9-11, Leeds railway station
Location
Place	Leeds
Local authority	City of Leeds
Coordinates	53°47′38″N 1°32′49″W / 53.794°N 1.547°W / 53.794; -1.547Coordinates: 53°47′38″N 1°32′49″W / 53.794°N 1.547°W / 53.794; -1.547
Grid reference	SE299331
Operations
Station code	LDS
Managed by	Network Rail
Number of platforms	17 (National Rail)
DfT category	A
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2011/12	25.020 million
2012/13	26.201 million
2013/14	27.729 million
2014/15	28.848 million
2015/16	29.724 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Zone	1
History
Key dates	Opened 1938 Rebuilt 1967 Rebuilt 2002 (1938 Rebuilt 1967 Rebuilt 2002)
National Rail – UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Leeds from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Leeds railway station (also known as Leeds City railway station) is the mainline railway station serving the city centre of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It is the third busiest railway station in the UK outside London (as of 2016). It is located on New Station Street to the south of City Square, at the bottom of Park Row, behind the landmark Queens Hotel; it is one of 19 stations managed by Network Rail.

Leeds is an important hub on the British rail network. The station is the terminus of the Leeds branch of the East Coast Main Line which provides high speed inter-city services to London and is an important stop on the Cross Country Route between Scotland, the Midlands and South West England connecting to major cities such as Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Derby, Nottingham, Reading, Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth and Penzance. There are also regular inter-city services to major destinations throughout Northern England including Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle and Sheffield. It is also the terminus for trains running on the scenic Settle to Carlisle Line. Future expansion will link the station to the proposed High Speed 2 (HS2) network.