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Railway station in West Yorkshire, England

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Guiseley Station
General information
LocationGuiseley, City of Leeds
England
Coordinates53°52′34″N 1°42′54″W / 53.876°N 1.715°W / 53.876; -1.715
Grid referenceSE188422
Managed byNorthern Trains
Transit authorityWest Yorkshire (Metro)
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeGSY
Fare zone3
History
Opened1865
Passengers
2019/20Increase 1.232 million
2020/21Decrease 0.287 million
2021/22Increase 0.711 million
2022/23Increase 0.871 million
2023/24Increase 0.921 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Guiseley railway station serves Guiseley in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England. On the Wharfedale Line between Ilkley and Leeds/Bradford Forster Square, it is served mostly by Class 333 electric trains run by Northern Trains, which also manages the station.

History

The station before electrification

The station opened in 1865, originally being owned by the Midland Railway. There were services to Otley until 1965, when the Arthington to Menston line closed under the Beeching axe. The line was electrified between 1994 and 1995, while the station was largely reconstructed in 2002.

Services

The 2002 waiting room and ticket office.

During Monday to Saturday daytimes services run to/from Leeds twice per hour and once each hour to/from Bradford (half-hourly in the peaks), meaning that as Guiseley is the first station that is served by trains on both branches of the line, there are three or four services every hour to Ilkley. On Monday to Saturday evenings, services are hourly to/from both Leeds and Bradford Forster Square. On Sundays, services are hourly to/from Leeds and Bradford. Services at the station are operated by British Rail Class 333 and Class 331 electric multiple units.

Facilities

The station facilities were redeveloped in 2002 to give a new waiting room on platform two (for trains to Leeds and Bradford) and a waiting room and ticket office on platform one (for trains to Ilkley). This office is open from 06:15–19:30 Mon–Sat and 09:15–16:30 on Sundays. A small car park is accessible from Station Road and the station has cycle lockers situated on either platform with an additional cycle shelter outside the ticket office. Passengers on foot can also access the station via a path from Netherfield Road or a path that connects with Morton Terrace and Otley Road. Step-free access is available only on the Ilkley-bound platform. The station is equipped with live information displays, there is a payphone on platform one and a help point outside the ticket office. A ticket vending machine, which can be used outside of ticket office hours, is on platform two.

Connections to Leeds Bradford Airport

Along with Horsforth station on the Harrogate Line, Guiseley is one of the two closest railway stations to Leeds Bradford Airport, at nearby Yeadon. An hourly bus service (Service A3) between the airport and Bradford Interchange runs along nearby Oxford Road. A more frequent bus service to/from the airport (Service A1) runs from Leeds railway station but takes longer.

References

  1. Shannon, Paul (2019). British Railway Infrastructure Since 1970. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. p. 172. ISBN 978-1-52673-479-2.
  2. Table 34 National Rail timetable, May 2023
  3. Guiseley station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 5 December 2016

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