Crossflatts railway station

Crossflatts railway station serves the Crossflatts area of Bingley, north of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. The station is on the Airedale Line, 14.5 miles (23 km) north west of Leeds and 6.5 miles (10 km) north west of Bradford Forster Square. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern.

Crossflatts
Location	Bingley, City of Bradford England
Coordinates	53.858550°N 1.844920°W
Grid reference	SE102402
Managed by	Northern
Transit authority	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	CFL
Fare zone	3
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Opened	1982
Passengers
2015/16	0.525 million
2016/17	0.545 million
2017/18	0.532 million
2018/19	0.535 million
2019/20	0.506 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station was opened on 17 May 1982 at a cost of £78,000.[1] It was the first of the eighties-era stations on the Airedale Line to be opened and is the only one to be built by British Rail on an entirely new site (the others - such as Saltaire and Frizinghall - had all previously been closed in 1965 as part of the Beeching cuts).

It is used heavily during school term time due to its proximity to Bingley Grammar School.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed, but there are ticket machines available. Step-free access to both platforms is via ramps from the main road.[2] Digital passenger information screens, timetable poster boards and an automated announcement system are installed to provide train running details.

Services

Platform 2. July 2006

During Monday to Saturday daytime, there is a half-hourly service to both Leeds and Bradford Forster Square in one direction and four trains an hour towards Skipton. Evenings there is a half-hourly service to Leeds, an hourly service to Bradford Forster Square and three trains per hour to Skipton. The first daily departure from Leeds to Carlisle stops here on weekdays (as does the evening Ribblehead to Leeds service), but other longer distance services run through without calling here.[3]

On Sundays there is an hourly service to Leeds and to Bradford Forster Square, with two trains per hour to Skipton. The first departures of the day from Leeds to both Morecambe & Carlisle also call.

Notes

1. "Platform now standing.....is 90 years late". Telegraph and Argus. 17 May 1982. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
2. Crossflatts station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 29 November 2016
3. Table 36 National Rail timetable, December 2019

External links

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