Burley Park railway station in

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, England, is the first stop on the Harrogate Line, north west of

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towards

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and

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. The station was opened on 28 November 1988 by British Rail. The line is heavily used by commuters into Leeds. It is also near the Headingley Stadium for

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and

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fans when Headingley station is busy. It is near to the districts of Burley, Hyde Park and the southern end of

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. The journey time to Headingley station is 2 minutes, 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 ''

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''.

History

The line between and was built by the

Leeds & Thirsk Railway The Leeds Northern Railway (LNR), originally the Leeds and Thirsk Railway, was an English railway company that built and opened a line from Leeds to Stockton via Harrogate and Thirsk. In 1845 the Leeds and Thirsk Railway received permission for ...

in 1849. A station named Royal Gardens existed on the site of the current station, serving the southern entrance of the

Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens, also known as Headingley Zoo and later Leeds Royal Gardens, was open between 1840 and 1858 in Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, approximately two miles out of the city centre and covering the area now o ...

. This halt closed in 1858 with the zoo. The new Burley Park station was opened by British Rail on 25 November 1988 as part of a project which also saw the opening of other suburban Leeds stations such as and .

Facilities

The station is not staffed and has no ticket office. A ticket machine is available on the East side only (direction of

). Revenue protection staff are sent to the station to sell tickets at rush hours and when events are held at Headingley stadium. Shelters and digital information screens are located on each platform and both have step-free access from the street. The station does not operate

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or Promise to Pay machines. Due to the close proximity to Leeds, the station is a

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station.

Services

As of the May 2023 timetable change, there is a half-hourly daytime service southbound towards Leeds and northbound towards

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(dropping to hourly in the evening). Due to the number of stops to York it is generally quicker to travel via

when travelling to York, as an express service via Cross Gates and Garforth is then available.

References

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