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Leeds railway station (also known as Leeds City railway station)〔http://www.networkrail.co.uk/documents/For%20Passengers/dddp/4698_Station%20summary%20-%20Leeds%202007v2.pdf 〕〔()〕〔http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Automatic-ticket-gates-at-Leeds.4349517.jp〕 is the mainline railway station serving the city centre of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It is the second busiest railway station in England outside of London. It is located on New Station Street to the south of City Square, at the bottom of Park Row, behind the landmark Queens Hotel; it is one of 19 stations managed by Network Rail.〔 Leeds is an important hub on the British rail network. The station is the terminus of the Leeds branch of the East Coast Main Line which provides high speed inter-city services to London and is an important stop on the CrossCountry network between Scotland, the Midlands and South West England connecting to major cities such as Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Derby, Nottingham, Reading, Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth and Penzance. There are also regular inter-city services to major destinations throughout Northern England including Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle and Sheffield. It is also the terminus for trains running on the scenic Settle to Carlisle line. Leeds is a major hub for local and regional destinations across Yorkshire such as to York, Scarborough, Hull, Doncaster and Sheffield. The station lies at the heart of the Metro commuter network for West Yorkshire providing services to Bradford, Wakefield, Dewsbury, Huddersfield and Halifax. With nearly 28 million passenger entries and exits between April 2013 and March 2014, Leeds is the busiest railway station in the North of England and the second-busiest railway station in the United Kingdom outside London, after . ==Description== The railway station is situated on a hill falling from the south of the city to the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal basin. Much of it is supported on Victorian brick-vaulted arches situated just off Neville Street which contain a centre consisting of cafés, restaurants, shops and exhibition spaces called Granary Wharf, known locally as the Dark Arches. The railway station has 17 platforms, making it the largest by number of platforms in England outside London. There are 11 terminus and six through platforms. Most platforms are subdivided into up to four sections, i.e. 1a, 1b, 1c etc. All together including the numbers, there is 47 platforms. Retail facilities in the station include coffee shops, fast food outlets, a bar, newsagents, chemists, and supermarkets. A British Transport Police station on New Station Street houses officers who police the West Yorkshire railway stations. Leeds railway station retained manned ticket barriers through the 1990s until 2008 when they were replaced by automatic barriers by Northern Rail to improve congestion around the barriers at peak times.〔()〕 ;Platforms Platform usage varies depending on operational circumstances but is generally: * 1–5 – Bay platforms mostly used by MetroTrain services operated by Northern Rail * 6, 8 – 6 is a Bay Platform used for terminating Virgin Trains East Coast services from London, 8 is a through platform used for Virgin Trains East Coast services which both terminate and continue onward to Bradford, Harrogate and Skipton, as well as the early morning EC departure to Aberdeen. * 9, 11, 12, 15, 16 – through platforms. CrossCountry services heading north to York and beyond depart from Platforms 9 or 11; services heading south use platform 12. Platforms 15 and 16 are used by north/east and south/westbound TransPennine Express services to Newcastle and York, and Huddersfield, Manchester Airport and Liverpool Lime Street. * 7, 14 – Bay platforms used for local Northern services running north/east from Leeds. * 10, 13, 17 – Bay platforms used for local and regional services running south/west to Sheffield and Nottingham. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leeds railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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