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    The CastlefordGarforth line was a single-track railway line in West Yorkshire, England, connecting Castleford with Garforth east of Leeds. The route was...
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    workings only. Castleford also had a second service to Leeds that left the station eastwards and swung north onto the former CastlefordGarforth line, which saw...
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    Kippax and Castleford was closed under the Beeching Axe of the 1960s. Garforth has been home to first Garforth Scout Group since 1908. Garforth & District...
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  • the CastlefordGarforth line, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was only open for 17 years, being closed in January 1951, though the line remained...
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    Castleford (also on the Hallam line and Huddersfield line) Glasshoughton (opened 21 February 2005) Pontefract Monkhill: junction with Wakefield line Knottingley:...
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  • Ledston railway station was a railway station on the now disused CastlefordGarforth line in West Yorkshire, England. The station opened in 1878 and was...
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    The Hallam Line is a railway connecting Leeds and Sheffield via Castleford in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. It is a slower route...
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    travelling to and from Garforth Academy part way upon it. East of the station was the junction to the branch line to Castleford via Ledston which closed...
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    station on the CastlefordGarforth line in West Yorkshire, England. The station opened in 1878 and closed to passengers in 1951, although the line remained...
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    It then passes through Leeds and on to Swillington and Woodlesford. At Castleford is the confluence of the Aire and Calder; just downstream of the confluence...
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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...
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  • line to Wetherby (Cross Gates to Wetherby Line, 1876, closed 1964); a line to Castleford (Garforth to Castleford Line, 1878, closed 1969) and a line avoiding...
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    The Selby Line is a secondary railway line in Yorkshire, England, linking Leeds to Selby via Micklefield and then on to Kingston upon Hull (Hull). Hull...
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    Exploitation of the coal led to a railway being built between Garforth and Castleford in 1873. The single line had two intermediate stations at Kippax and Ledston...
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  • Beverley rail line". York Press. Retrieved 5 January 2018. "East Riding Council takes first step to reopening York to Beverley railway line". The Yorkshire...
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    Railway) connecting to various lines in the Castleford area. Wrenthorpe Junction From this junction was a line to Dewsbury which was partially closed in...
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    The Airedale line is one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area centred on West Yorkshire in northern England. The service is operated by...
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    The Penistone Line is operated by Northern Trains in the West Yorkshire Metro and Travel South Yorkshire areas of northern England. It connects Huddersfield...
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    East Garforth railway station serves Garforth in West Yorkshire, England. It is on the Selby Line, and operated by Northern. The station was opened by...
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    takes 40 minutes longer than on the route of the York and Selby Lines via Garforth. Royal Gardens, only a short distance from Burley Park, was closed in 1858...
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    ISBN 1-85260-072-1. Cookson, Peter; Chapman, Stephen (2003). Pontefract, Castleford & Knottingley. Todmorden: Bellcode Books. ISBN 1-871233-15-1. Hoole, K...
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    Retrieved 23 December 2023. Clarke, Leanne (11 December 2023). "Castleford back on line as TransPennine reinstates links to York after 50 years". Wakefield...
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    The Huddersfield line is the main railway line between the English cities of Leeds and Manchester, via Huddersfield. It is one of the busiest MetroTrain...
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    bell ringing team. Nearby villages and towns include Austhorpe, Garforth, Kippax, Castleford, Great Preston, Little Preston, Allerton Bywater, Oulton, Woodlesford...
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    and there was a railway station named after the village on the Castleford to Garforth line, though this station was actually adjacent to Allerton Bywater...
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    nearby Garforth, Cross Gates, Seacroft and Wetherby, all of which have supermarkets. There are nearby secondary schools in Pendas Fields, Garforth, Seacroft...
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    Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 9 August 2011. "Castleford to Garforth". Lost Railways West Yorkshire. Archived from the original on 18...
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    available for use on the line, covering Zones 3–5. The line is served predominantly by four-coach Class 333 electric multiple units. The line was originally owned...
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    are included in those on the following lines: Calder Valley line Wharfedale line Airedale line Passenger trains between Leeds railway station and Bradford...
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    are operated by First Leeds and Arriva Yorkshire. The 19 and 19A run to Garforth, Colton, Halton, the city centre, Headingley, West Park, Ireland Wood and...
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