Leeds railway station

Leeds
The New Station Street entrance in August 2022
General information
Other names	Leeds City
Location	Leeds, City of Leeds England
Coordinates	53°47′38″N 1°32′49″W / 53.794°N 1.547°W / 53.794; -1.547
Grid reference	SE299331
Managed by	Network Rail
Transit authority	West Yorkshire Metro
Platforms	18 - numbered 0-17 (National Rail)
Other information
Station code	LDS
Fare zone	1
Classification	DfT category A
History
Opened	2 May 1938 Rebuilt 1967 Rebuilt 2002
Passengers
2018/19	30.839 million
2019/20	31.021 million
2020/21	5.854 million
2021/22	19.263 million
Interchange	1.798 million
2022/23	23.964 million
Interchange	2.489 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail & Road

Leeds railway station (also known as Leeds City railway station)^[1][2][3][4] is the mainline railway station serving the city centre of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It is located on New Station Street to the south of City Square, at the foot of Park Row, behind the landmark Queens Hotel. It is one of 20 stations managed by Network Rail.^[5] As of December 2023, it was the busiest station in West Yorkshire, as well as in Yorkshire & the Humber, and the entirety of Northern England.^[6] It is the second busiest station in the UK outside of London, after Birmingham New Street.

Leeds is an important hub on the British rail network. The station is the terminus of the Leeds branch of the East Coast Main Line (on which London North Eastern Railway provides high speed inter-city services to London King's Cross every half hour from the station) and is an important stop on the Cross Country Route between Scotland, the Midlands and South West England connecting to major towns and cities such as Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Derby, Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth and Penzance. There are also regular inter-city services to major destinations throughout Northern England including Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle and Sheffield. It is also the terminus for trains running on the scenic Settle & Carlisle line. Future expansion might link the station to the proposed High Speed 2 network.

Leeds is a major hub for local and regional destinations across Yorkshire such as to Harrogate, York, Scarborough, Hull, Doncaster and Sheffield. The station lies at the heart of the West Yorkshire Metro commuter network for West Yorkshire providing services to Bradford, Wakefield, Dewsbury, Huddersfield and Halifax.

With 24 million passenger entries and exits between April 2022 and March 2023, Leeds is the busiest railway station in the North of England, overtaking Manchester Piccadilly, and the second-busiest railway station in the United Kingdom outside London, after Birmingham New Street.^[7]