Burley Park railway station

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Burley Park
Location
Place	Burley
Local authority	City of Leeds
Operations
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use	2
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.327 million
2005/06 *	0.400 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Zone	2
History
Key dates	Opened 1988
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Burley Park from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Burley Park railway station in West Yorkshire is the first stop on the Harrogate Line, 3.5 km (2.25 miles) north west of Leeds City Station towards Harrogate and York. The station was opened on November 28, 1988.

Many of the people who live around Burley Park are cosmopolitan sharers or students living in flats. The line is heavily used by commuters into Leeds. The station is immediately next to the much used Co-op supermarket on Cardigan Road which also has cash machines. It is also near by the Headingley Stadium for rugby and cricket fans when Headingley station is busy. It is near to the districts of Burley, Hyde Park and the southern end of Headingley. The journey time to Headingley station is less than one minute, and around 5 minutes to Leeds station, which is typically much faster than driving or taking the bus. This station is near to main bus routes on Cardigan Road, Burley Road and Kirkstall Road, and parking is limited to the surrounding streets.

The station occasionally plays the role of Hotten railway station in the TV series Emmerdale.

[edit] Services

There is an half-hourly service from Burley Park towards Leeds (southbound) and Harrogate/Knaresborough (hourly to York) northbound with a general hourly service in both directions on Sundays.

Due to the number of stops between Burley Park and York it is generally quicker to travel via Leeds when travelling to York, as an express service is then available.

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Burley Park railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Leeds		Northern Rail Harrogate Line		Headingley

Railway stations in West Yorkshire
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