Wakefield Westgate is the busier of Wakefield’s two mainline railway stations. Like the smaller Kirkgate station, Wakefield Westgate is served by local rail services within West Yorkshire; however, it also handles long-distance services with trains to Birmingham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, London, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield and York.
Wakefield Kirkgate is the least used of Wakefield’s two mainline railway stations. It primarily handles local trains to other destinations in West Yorkshire; however, it also serves trains to Lincoln, London and Sheffield.
Shipley is a busy station that is served mostly by local services to Bradford and Leeds, although it is also served by long-distance trains to Carlisle, Lancaster and London.
Hebden Bridge is on the Calder Valley line, which links Leeds with Manchester Victoria and Blackpool. This is the less direct, but more scenic, of the two railway lines linking Leeds and Manchester.
Leamington Spa railway station is a major stop on the Chiltern Main Line and it has direct services to Birmingham, Coventry, London and Stratford-upon-Avon.
Nuneaton is served by three railway lines, which means that you can get a direct train from here to many other destinations throughout the Midlands as well as long-distance trains to destinations elsewhere in the UK.
Warminster lies on the railway line linking Bath with Salisbury and hourly train services connect Warminster to these two cities and farther afield with direct services to Bristol, Cardiff, Southampton and Portsmouth.
Swindon is on the Great Western main line, which links London Paddington with Bristol and it excellent transport connections to London, Gloucester, Wales and the West Country.
Chippenham lies on the Great Western Main Line connecting Bristol with London Paddington. It is also served by a smaller line, the Chippenham branch of the Wessex Main Line, which runs to Southampton via Salisbury.
Regular train services connect Eastbourne with other towns and cities along the south coast including direct services to Brighton, Hastings and Ashford International. All trains serving Eastbourne railway station are operated by Southern.
Hastings is a busy rail hub with direct trains to other towns and cities in East Sussex including Battle, Brighton, Eastbourne and Rye as well as direct services to Ashford International (where you can transfer for Eurostar trains to Belgium and France) and London.
Reading is on the Great Western Main Line that runs from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads. It is a major transport hub and is one of the busiest stations outside London.
Saltaire is on the Airedale line linking Leeds and Bradford with Skipton and it is served by West Yorkshire’s Metro transport network with frequent trains to Bradford and Leeds.
Sheffield Station on Sheaf Square east of the city centre handles train services to Manchester, London and destinations in the East Midlands and Yorkshire.
York railway station is a busy station on the East Coast Main Line that is served by six different railway operating companies. It is well served by trains with frequent services to Hull, Leeds, Newcastle and Sheffield as well as destinations further afield. Express trains make the journey to London in under two hours
Scarborough railway station lies at the eastern terminus of the North TransPennine route and the northern terminus of the Yorkshire Coast Line. The station has hourly rail services to Leeds, Liverpool Lime Street, Manchester Victoria and York and trains every two hours to Bridlington, Filey, Hull and Sheffield.
Harrogate lies on a regional rail line with a half-hourly rail service to Leeds and York via Knaresborough (with trains running every 15 minutes during peak hours) and there is also a daily direct train to London Kings Cross.
Hull Paragon Interchange is an integrated bus, coach and railway station which is conveniently located in the centre of Hull. It is also next door to a huge 24-hour Tesco Extra supermarket and St Stephen’s shopping centre.
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