Castleford railway station
Platform 2 in December 2023 with TPE and Northern services calling | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Castleford, City of Wakefield England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°43′26″N 1°21′18″W / 53.724°N 1.355°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SE426254 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern | ||||
| Transit authority | West Yorkshire Metro | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | CFD | ||||
| Fare zone | 3 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1871 (current station) | ||||
| Original company | York and North Midland Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 July 1840 | First station opened as Castleford | ||||
| 1871 | Station resited | ||||
| 15 September 1952 | Renamed Castleford Central | ||||
| 20 February 1969 | Renamed Castleford | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 | 0.539 million | ||||
| Interchange | 8,222 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 0.121 million | ||||
| Interchange | 2,556 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.353 million | ||||
| Interchange | 8,057 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.410 million | ||||
| Interchange | 7,980 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.424 million | ||||
| Interchange | 17,489 | ||||
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Castleford railway station serves the town of Castleford in West Yorkshire. It lies on the Hallam and Pontefract lines, 11 miles (18 km) south-east of Leeds.
Although it was built originally as a through station, regular passenger services beyond Castleford towards York were discontinued between 5 January 1970 and December 2023. All Northern Trains services calling at the station reverse here, arriving and departing from the former northbound platform 1. Transpennine Express operates hourly through services between Manchester Piccadilly and York, using Platforms 1 and 2. Platform 2 had previously been brought back into temporary use during the Leeds First project in 2002; Trans-Pennine services between York and Huddersfield were diverted to avoid engineering work in Leeds, routed via Church Fenton, Castleford and Wakefield Kirkgate. Platform 2 has subsequently been restored to permanent use and rebuilt with a new footbridge to enable step-free access, in order to accommodate extra services as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade project.
In February 2016, West Yorkshire Metro opened a new Castleford bus station close to the railway station, featuring an integrated and staffed transport interchange. Work on the new £6 million bus station was started in October 2014.