Headingley railway station

Headingley
265px 144008 at Headingley, May 2006. Class 144 Diesel Multiple Unit.
Location
Place	Headingley
Local authority	City of Leeds
Coordinates
Grid reference	SE268358
Operations
Station code	HDY
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.164 million
2005/06	0.196 million
2006/07	0.223 million
2007/08	0.221 million
2008/09	0.317 million
2009/10	0.324 million
2010/11	0.364 million
2011/12	0.394 million
2012/13	0.337 million
2013/14	0.357 million
2014/15	0.365 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Zone	2
History
Key dates	Opened 1849 (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.
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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.

Location and areas served

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.

Services

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.

Evenings and Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.

Services are generally served by British Rail Class 142s and 144s.

A daily express between Harrogate and London operated by Virgin Trains East Coast pass through the station but do not stop.

Parking

The station has a small car park which is free to use for rail users, although no form of proof of travel or ticket is required.

Future

Rolling stock

In 2014 the replacement of the Pacers that were developed from the Leyland National buses in the 1980s was replaced by Chancellor George Osborne, both the 142s and 144s that serve this line are both pacers. As yet no contract for their replacement has been negotiated or a replacement date set.

Electrification

In July 2011, Harrogate Chamber of Commerce proposed to electrify the line with 750 V DC third rail, using D Stock of the London Underground, to substantially increase capacity. This idea has not been backed by Metro, Northern Rail or National Rail and seems unlikely to garner support given the age of the D stock, the need to adapt the D stock to third rail as it runs with a fourth and the preference for overhead electrification.

Gallery

• Headingley railway station (12th April 2014) 004.JPG

  Ticket machine and station sign with the Queenswood Drive area behind.

• Headingley railway station (12th April 2014) 001.JPG

  Now redundant station buildings

See also

• Leeds-Northallerton Railway

References

• Bacon G.W (Circa 1900) Plan of Leeds, Kelly's Directories Ltd, London

External links

• Train times and station information for Headingley railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Burley Park		Northern Rail Harrogate Line		Horsforth