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Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Cross Gates
Cross Gates
	View of Cross Gates railway station taken from the road bridge November 2023
General information
Location	Cross Gates, City of Leeds; England
Coordinates	53°48′18″N 1°27′00″W / 53.805°N 1.450°W
Grid reference	SE363344
Managed by	Northern
Transit authority	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	CRG
Fare zone	2
Classification	DfT category E
Passengers
2019/20	0.519 million
2020/21	0.117 million
2021/22	0.312 million
2022/23	0.387 million
2023/24	0.420 million
Notes
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Cross Gates railway station serves Cross Gates, an area in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Selby Line, operated by Northern 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^[update], only the "Cross Gates" spelling is shown, and this is also the version used by National Rail Enquiries.^[1]

History

The station was originally opened by the Leeds and Selby Railway in 1834, but was closed in 1840 when the L&SR was leased by George Hudson's York and North Midland Railway. It reopened in 1850, but patronage was initially modest due to Cross Gates being a small village some distance from Leeds. The subsequent extension of the L&SR into the centre of Leeds in 1869 and the opening of the line to Wetherby seven years later saw usage increase significantly, with the community becoming a busy commuter suburb. A rebuild of the station was authorised in 1870 by the North Eastern Railway, but this was not carried out until 1902; the line from Leeds was quadrupled at this time and the station re-sited slightly east of its original position.^[2] In its rebuilt form, platforms were only provided on the outside (slow) lines, along with a ticket office at street level, substantial canopies and waiting rooms on each side. A new goods yard was also built alongside the eastbound platform.

Goods traffic ceased here in June 1964 and the fast lines were removed by the end of the decade. The platform canopies and buildings were demolished in stages in the 1970s, leaving only basic shelters in place. The old lattice footbridge linking the platforms was also demolished in 2007 after being disused and blocked off for several years.^[2]

From 1876 until January 1964, passenger services existed between Cross Gates and Wetherby railway station. The Cross Gates to Wetherby line was closed under the Beeching cuts, with all traffic ceasing in April the same year.^[3] 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.

On 26 April 1901 a guard was killed when a coal train collided with a goods train, a result of driver error.^[4]

Facilities

The station still has an active ticket office, which is staffed part-time (Mondays to Saturdays only, early morning until early afternoon). Ticket machines are also available for use outside these times and for the collection of advance purchase tickets. Step-free access is possible to both platforms, by means of ramps from the street above.^[1] Digital information screens and a long-line P.A system provide train running information.

A café named "The Waiting Room" opened in April 2017 behind the ticket office.^[5]

Services

Northern Trains
Route 9

Calder Valley Line and
East Lancashire Line

					York
					Ulleskelf
					Church Fenton
					Micklefield
					East Garforth
					Garforth
					Cross Gates
					Leeds
					Bramley
					New Pudsey
					Bradford Interchange
					Low Moor
					Halifax
					Sowerby Bridge
					Mytholmroyd
					Hebden Bridge

					Manchester Victoria
					Moston
					Mills Hill
					Castleton
					Rochdale
					Smithy Bridge
					Littleborough
					Walsden
					Todmorden

					Colne
					Nelson
					Brierfield
					Burnley Central
					Burnley Barracks
					Burnley Manchester Road

					Rose Grove
					Hapton
					Huncoat
					Accrington
					Church and Oswaldtwistle
					Rishton
					Blackburn
					Mill Hill
					Cherry Tree
					Pleasington
					Bamber Bridge
					Lostock Hall
					Preston
					Salwick
					Kirkham and Wesham

					Poulton-le-Fylde
					Blackpool North

					Moss Side
					Lytham
					Ansdell and Fairhaven
					St Annes-on-the-Sea
					Squires Gate
					Blackpool Pleasure Beach
					Blackpool South

Burnley Barracks, Hapton and
Pleasington are request stops.

Monday to Saturday daytime there is a half-hourly service to Leeds, with alternate trains extending through to Bradford Interchange and Halifax (the latter was introduced at the winter 2019 timetable change to restore the link previously removed in December 2018). Two weekday a.m peak services to Blackpool North also call. Eastbound, there is an hourly service to York and Hull via Selby respectively Monday to Saturday all day (the Selby service did not run in the evenings prior to the start of the winter 2019 timetable, but now runs until late evening).^[6] On Sundays, there are two trains per hour to Leeds and one each to Selby and York.

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

Preceding station		National Rail	Following station
Leeds		Northern Selby Line	Garforth
Leeds		TransPennine Express North TransPennine	Garforth
	Historical railways
Osmondthorpe Line open; station closed		London and North Eastern Railway Leeds and Selby Railway	Garforth Line and station open
Leeds Marsh Lane Line open, station closed		North Eastern Railway Leeds and Selby Railway	Manston Line open; station closed
	Disused railways
Terminus		London and North Eastern Railway Cross Gates to Wetherby Line	Penda's Way Line and station closed

References

^ ^a ^b "Cross Gates (CRG)". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
^ ^a ^b Disused Stations - Cross Gates Disused Stations Site Record; Retrieved 29 November 2016
^ Leeds to WetherbyLost Railways West Yorkshire; Retrieved 17 November 2016
^ "Accident at Cross Gates on 26th April 1901" (PDF). Railways Archive. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
^ "Applications and decisions list". publicaccess.leeds.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
^ Table 40 National Rail timetable, December 2019