Cottingley train station
You can reach 30 stations directly from Cottingley on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Batley, with 36 trains a day.
Cottingley is the nearest station for postcodes in LS10. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Cottingley
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batley | 36 | 68 | 56 |
| Dewsbury | 36 | 68 | 56 |
| Leeds | 36 | 68 | 56 |
| Mirfield | 36 | 35 | 28 |
| Morley | 36 | 68 | 56 |
| Brighouse | 33 | 32 | 26 |
| Bradford Interchange | 30 | 31 | 0 |
| Halifax | 30 | 31 | 26 |
| Low Moor | 30 | 31 | 0 |
| Huddersfield | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Atherton | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Daisy Hill | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hebden Bridge | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hag Fold | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hindley | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ince | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Littleborough | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Manchester Victoria | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Moorside | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mytholmroyd | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rochdale | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Salford Central | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Salford Crescent | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Smithy Bridge | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Swinton (Manchester) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sowerby Bridge | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Todmorden | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Walsden | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wigan Wallgate | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Walkden | 2 | 0 | 0 |
How busy Cottingley station is
52,858 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,026th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Cottingley and Leeds than any other pair: 32,856 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 21 stations instead of 30, a drop of about 30%. Saturday runs to 25.
Changing from 3 March 2027
From 3 March 2027, Cottingley gains 7 destinations including Brough, Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Oxford Road, York, Selby, Hull Paragon Interchange and loses 1 including Low Moor.
Nearest other stations
- Morley 1.2 miles
- Leeds 2.4 miles
- Burley Park 3.1 miles
- Bramley 3.3 miles
- Headingley 3.5 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Cottingley, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Churwell · 0.4 miles
- Beeston · 0.6 miles
- White Rose · 0.7 miles
- Farnley and Wortley · 1.0 miles
- Armley Moor · 1.9 miles
- Leeds Whitehall · 1.9 miles
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Facilities at Cottingley station
Cottingley is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Cycle parking: 10 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 30 March 2026.
Getting to Cottingley station
Cottingley station is in Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M621 J1 (Beeston Interchange), 0.2 miles north.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Cottingley Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Cottingley station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from