East Leeds Parkway railway station

UK stations
name = East Leeds Parkway
locale = Micklefield
borough = City of Leeds
manager = Northern Rail
platforms = 3
starting = 2012

East Leeds Parkway is a proposed railway station, to be sited near Micklefield in West Yorkshire on the York and Selby Lines.

It will be served by trains from the west of Leeds which would normally terminate at Leeds station; by continuing eastwards to this station, it is hoped that extra capacity for through trains would be created at Leedscite web|url=http://www.wymetro.com/News/08/080404-1.htm|title=Transport Board funding welcomed|date=2008-04-04|accessdate=2008-06-24|publisher=Metro] . The station would also form the first phase of electrifying the railway line to the east of Leeds. As a parkway station, the intention would be to allow for a park-and-ride service and the plans include parking for 500 cars.

£20 million was allocated to the scheme by the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Transport Board in April 2008. If the plans are taken forward then construction should begin in 2011, with a completion date of 2012 [cite web|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/StrategicBusinessPlan/Update/Strategic%20Business%20Plan%20April%20update.pdf|title=Strategic Business Plan April Update|publisher=Network Rail|accessdate=2008-06-24] .

The station is likely to be made up of 2 long platforms, capable of serving inter-city trains, as well as a bay platform for terminating services [cite web|url=http://www.wypta.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/E5F2AD7F-0A11-44E7-93CC-837DB55BF45B/0/RWG11MARCH2008ITEM7.pdf|title=Rail Working Group Strategic Update|date=2008-03-11|accessdate=2008-06-27|publisher=West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority] .

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