Cross Gates railway station

Cross Gates
265px Northern Rail Class 158 Stands on Platform 2 Working a York - Blackpool Service
Location
Place	Cross Gates
Local authority	City of Leeds
Coordinates
Grid reference	SE363344
Operations
Station code	CRG
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.239 million
2005/06	0.260 million
2006/07	0.282 million
2007/08	0.294 million
2008/09	0.402 million
2009/10	0.417 million
2010/11	0.480 million
2011/12	0.499 million
2012/13	0.454 million
2013/14	0.476 million
2014/15	0.483 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Zone	2
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cross Gates from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Cross Gates railway station serves Cross Gates, an area in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Selby Line, operated by Northern Rail 4.25 miles (7 km) east of Leeds railway station.

In the past signwriters have been unsure as to the correct spelling of Cross Gates, with "Cross Gates" on the westbound platform and "Crossgates" on one sign on the eastbound platform. As of 2010, only the "Cross Gates" spelling is shown, and this is also the version used by National Rail Enquiries.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytime there is a half-hourly service to Leeds with most services going beyond to Bradford Interchange and onwards to Blackpool North or Huddersfield. Evenings and Sundays, the service is hourly only. (Sundays to Blackpool North). Eastbound, there is an hourly service to York and Selby respectively Monday to Saturday at daytime. Evenings and Sundays, there is an hourly service to York.

In addition to these, First TransPennine Express also call here during the morning and evening peaks with 2 trains to Liverpool via Manchester, 1 train to Manchester Airport and 2 trains to Scarborough.

CrossCountry services between Scotland and Devon/Cornwall and the daily East Coast service from Leeds to Aberdeen rush through the station, but do not stop.

Former services

Until 1963, passenger services existed between Cross Gates and Wetherby railway station. The Cross Gates to Wetherby line was closed under the Beeching Axe. Alternative routes to Scarborough existed along this line as well as raceday specials to Wetherby racecourse. Services on this line ran to the following railway stations, Pendas Way, Scholes, Thorner, Bardsey, Collingham Bridge and Wetherby. Wetherby Racecourse also operated its own railway station, on the Harrogate to Church Fenton Line.

Gallery

• Cross Gates station signage1.jpg

  New signage on the Leeds bound platform (note dual word spelling)

• Cross Gate station signage2.jpg

  Old signage on the Hull bound platform (note single word spelling)

• Crossgates Station Sign.jpg

  The New Northern Rail/WYPTE Signage on the Eastbound Platform (With Dual Word Spelling)

• Crossgatesbridge.jpg

  The pedestrian bridge as seen from Station Road, the Bridge now gone as of 2012.

• Crossgates train station - geograph.org.uk - 64543.jpg

  Platform 1, looking east towards Station Road

• 47790 47832 Cross Gates.jpg

  Class 47 Nos 47832 and 47790 Pass through Cross Gates with an Edinburgh - Southampton Cruise Saver Train in November 2011

External links

• Train times and station information for Cross Gates railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Leeds		Northern Rail Selby Line		Garforth
		First TransPennine Express North TransPennine