Horsforth train station
You can reach 19 stations directly from Horsforth on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Leeds, with 93 trains a day.
Address: Leeds, LS18 5NL
Horsforth is the nearest station for postcodes in LS18, LS16. Check your own postcode.
- 19 direct destinations
- 593rd busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 68 parking spaces
- 9 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Horsforth
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds | 93 | 92 | 66 |
| Harrogate | 91 | 90 | 66 |
| Burley Park | 77 | 77 | 56 |
| Hornbeam Park | 77 | 77 | 56 |
| Headingley | 77 | 77 | 56 |
| Pannal | 76 | 76 | 56 |
| Weeton | 75 | 75 | 56 |
| Knaresborough | 64 | 64 | 52 |
| Starbeck | 64 | 64 | 52 |
| Cattal | 62 | 62 | 51 |
| Hammerton | 62 | 62 | 51 |
| Poppleton | 62 | 62 | 51 |
| York | 62 | 62 | 51 |
| Doncaster | 13 | 12 | 10 |
| London King's Cross | 13 | 12 | 10 |
| Stevenage | 13 | 12 | 10 |
| Wakefield Westgate | 13 | 12 | 10 |
| Newark Northgate | 12 | 11 | 10 |
| Grantham | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lines serving Horsforth
Horsforth is on the Harrogate Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Horsforth station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Horsforth station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Horsforth station is
889,978 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 593rd busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 3,995 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Horsforth and Leeds than any other pair: 491,174 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.
Nearest other stations
- Kirkstall Forge 1.6 miles
- Headingley 2.5 miles
- Bramley 2.9 miles
- Apperley Bridge 3.2 miles
- Burley Park 3.3 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Horsforth, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Leeds/Bradford Airport · 0.7 miles
- Horsforth Woodside · 1.2 miles
- Newlay and Horsforth · 1.5 miles
- Calverley and Rodley · 1.9 miles
- Kirkstall · 2.4 miles
- Yeadon · 2.5 miles
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Facilities at Horsforth station
Horsforth is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:10 to 19:00 · Saturday: 06:10 to 19:00 · Sunday: 09:15 to 16:30
Toilets
Parking at Horsforth station
- Station Car Park 68 spaces, 3 accessible
Cycle parking: 14 spaces (sheltered, lockers).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 26 June 2026.
Getting to Horsforth station
Horsforth station is in Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M621 J2 (Elland Road Interchange), 5.3 miles south-east.
9 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Horsforth Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Horsforth 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
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