Cross Gates railway station

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. 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. 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. ==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. ==Services==

Monday to Saturday daytime, there is a half-hourly service (with peak extras) to , with alternate trains extending through to Bradford Interchange and (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 also call. Eastbound, there is an hourly service to York and via respectively, Monday to Saturday all day (the Selby service did not run in the evenings before the start of the winter 2019 timetable, but now runs until late evening). 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 peak on Monday to Saturday, with one train to Liverpool Lime Street via Manchester and one train to Hull. ==References==