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 East Garforth 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, East Garforth had 158,932 entries and exits, making it the 1,386th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
1386/2575
It ranked 667th busiest (out of 997), with 420 scheduled services per week.
667/997
That's a daily average of 435.43 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 7.28 passengers per service, giving it the 1,096th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
1096/1659

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 66,980
Reduced price entries & exits: 50,312
Season ticket entries & exits: 41,640
Total entries & exits: 158,932
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: +44,652 : 39.07%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
Down102370
Up102370
*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

Service Patterns

Current Timetables

TableDescriptionTimetable
112Leeds - York & SelbyOct24
132Hull - Selby, Leeds & YorkOct24
To view timetables for other dateranges and routes, please visit our timetables page.

Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +15,655 (+10.93%)

Reasons for change:
2001-02 Trend - going down
2008-09 PTE Urban Area Station
2012-13 Change driven primarily by improvement of PTE infill
2020-21 The number of entries and exits distributed across stations in the West Yorkshire PTE area in 2020-21 has increased by 1.9% as a result of methodology improvements
2021-22 As a result of methodology improvements there has been changes in how April 2021 to March 2022 estimated entries and exits have been distributed to stations in the West Yorkshire Metro area.

Location Details

Location: East Garforth
CRS: EGF / NLC: 8472 / TIPLOC(S): EGRFRTH
Station Facility Owner: Northern Trains
OS Grid Ref: 441508 433060
Constituency: Elmet and Rothwell
Local Authority: Leeds
NR Region: Yorkshire and The Humber
PTE: West Yorkshire
ELR: HUL4 12m 56ch
This station is part of the West Yorkshire PTE

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from East Garforth during 2022/2023:
•Leeds (61,977 journeys)
•York (3,214 journeys)
•Cross Gates (1,983 journeys)
•Micklefield (1,888 journeys)
•South Milford (850 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are East Garforth's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Garforth0.59
Micklefield1.43