Leeds railway station

Leeds is a major interchange: 248 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is York, with 271 trains a day.

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Leeds is the nearest station for postcodes in LS1, LS2, LS3, LS11, LS9, LS98, LS8. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Leeds

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
York	271	177	143
Manchester Victoria	247	105	63
Wakefield Westgate	237	226	161
Sheffield	200	192	107
Bradford Interchange	178	210	115
Halifax	178	209	141
Shipley	171	172	97
Huddersfield	146	16	9
New Pudsey	144	146	115
Hebden Bridge	143	143	84
Dewsbury	138	104	83
Meadowhall Interchange	136	138	73
Wakefield Kirkgate	129	129	58
Bramley	108	108	60
Doncaster	105	101	84
Keighley	105	106	56
Rochdale	105	105	57
Skipton	105	106	56
Todmorden	105	105	57
Bingley	103	104	55
Garforth	103	38	60
Horsforth	100	100	66
Barnsley Interchange	98	98	43
Harrogate	91	91	66
Burley Park	84	84	56
Headingley	84	84	56
Sowerby Bridge	78	78	83
Hornbeam Park	77	77	56
Steeton and Silsden	77	77	32
Pannal	76	76	56
Brighouse	75	33	27
Fitzwilliam	75	76	60
Outwood	75	76	60
Woodlesford	75	75	31
Weeton	75	75	56
Ben Rhydding	74	74	31
Burley-in-Wharfedale	74	74	31
Cononley	74	74	32
Castleford	74	74	31
Crossflatts	74	74	32

and 208 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Leeds is

27,309,508 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 16th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 2,877,961 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Leeds and London Kings Cross than any other pair: 2,137,222 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: 176 stations instead of 248, a drop of about 29%. Saturday runs to 209.

Changing from 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Leeds gains 13 destinations including Weston-super-Mare, Basingstoke, Southampton Central, Brockenhurst, Oxford, Reading.

Nearest other stations

Burley Park 1.7 miles
Cottingley 2.4 miles
Headingley 2.5 miles
Morley 3.5 miles
Bramley 3.7 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Leeds, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Leeds Central · 0.3 miles
Leeds Whitehall · 0.5 miles
Leeds Hunslet Lane · 0.5 miles
Holbeck · 0.6 miles
Leeds Marsh Lane · 0.8 miles
Hunslet · 1.2 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.