The trains
Weaver doesn’t run the trains, and isn’t about to. What it can do is make the railway and the buses work as one network. An agreement announced in summer 2026 is the first proper step.
Weaver and the railway
The trains stay with the train companies. Weaver’s job is to stitch them into everything else.
The network
A simplified map of the main passenger lines serving West Yorkshire’s 69 stations. Not every station is shown, and positions are approximate.
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Schematic and simplified: some lines share tracks, and stopping patterns vary. Dashed orange rings are planned stations. Dotted ends show where lines continue beyond West Yorkshire. Our own drawing, not an official map.
Leeds · Bradford Interchange · Halifax · Sowerby Bridge · Hebden Bridge · Todmorden → Manchester Victoria; also to Burnley and Blackpool
A branch runs via Brighouse to Huddersfield, and to Mirfield, Dewsbury and Leeds. Planned Elland station is on it.
Northern · Grand Central (Bradford Interchange, Halifax, Brighouse, Mirfield and Wakefield Kirkgate to London)
Leeds · Morley · Batley · Dewsbury · Mirfield · Huddersfield · Marsden → Manchester
The main TransPennine route, being rebuilt by the Transpennine Route Upgrade.
TransPennine Express · Northern
Huddersfield · Honley · Shepley · Denby Dale → Penistone, Barnsley, Sheffield
A scenic, mostly rural route south from Huddersfield.
Northern
Leeds or Bradford Forster Square · Shipley · Bingley · Keighley → Skipton
Some trains continue to Lancaster, Morecambe or Carlisle.
Northern · LNER (London to Bradford Forster Square, and one train a day to Skipton)
Leeds or Bradford Forster Square · Guiseley · Menston · Burley-in-Wharfedale · Ilkley
Entirely within West Yorkshire.
Northern
Leeds · Headingley · Horsforth → Harrogate, Knaresborough, York
Horsforth is the last stop in West Yorkshire.
Northern · LNER (London to Harrogate)
Leeds · Outwood · Wakefield Westgate · Fitzwilliam → Doncaster, Sheffield
Network Rail counts the Leeds–Wakefield Westgate–Doncaster route as part of the East Coast Main Line.
Northern · LNER and CrossCountry via Wakefield Westgate
Leeds · Woodlesford · Castleford · Normanton · Wakefield Kirkgate → Barnsley, Sheffield
Trains reverse at Castleford.
Northern
Leeds · Castleford · Pontefract Monkhill · Knottingley, and Wakefield Kirkgate · Featherstone · Pontefract
A limited service carries on to Goole.
Northern
Leeds · Cross Gates · Garforth · Micklefield → York; → Selby, Hull
Planned Thorpe Park station would sit between Cross Gates and Garforth.
TransPennine Express · Northern · CrossCountry
London King’s Cross · Doncaster · Wakefield Westgate · Leeds
Some LNER trains continue to Bradford Forster Square, Harrogate and Skipton.
LNER
New stations
West Yorkshire hasn’t opened a new station since Low Moor in 2017. Three are in the pipeline. The honest summary: progress, but don’t hold your breath.
A new station for Elland and West Vale, with trains to Halifax, Bradford, Huddersfield, Leeds and Manchester.
East Leeds, between Cross Gates and Garforth, next to the Thorpe Park business park.
South Leeds, next to White Rose business park and within walking distance of the shopping centre.
The big upgrade
A multi-billion-pound rebuild of the railway between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York: about 70 miles and 23 stations.
Share of the route electrified, as of August 2026
25%+
Electric trains have run between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge since December 2024, and Church Fenton to York was finished in August 2025.
Our view
Years of closures are a real cost for Kirklees passengers. When the trains are off, joined-up replacement buses, clear information and fair tickets are exactly the kind of thing Weaver should be good at.
Stations
A station is where a train journey begins and a bus journey ends, or should.
Checked on 4 October 2026. The map and platform-screen mock-up are our own illustrations. Stopping patterns change at each timetable change, so check National Rail Enquiries before you travel.