Kirkstall Forge railway station

Kirkstall Forge is a proposed station between Leeds and Shipley, West Yorkshire, England. Metro, the Passenger Transport Executive for West Yorkshire, intends to open the station along with Apperley Bridge.

Go-ahead for construction of both Kirkstall Forge and Apperley Bridge was given in the National Infrastructure Plan released on 29 November 2011. The estimated completion date is December 2014.

Facilities
The station will have two platforms, with a footbridge and lifts linking them. The development also includes 127 car parking spaces, a bus stop and secure cycle storage.

Proposed services
Though it is sited on both the Airedale and Wharfedale lines, the station will initially only be served by trains between and. This will provide for two trains per hour in each direction.

Plans
In 1999, Metro announced that Kirkstall Forge & Apperley Bridge were amongst five new or reopened stations which they wished to see achieved over the ensuing five years. One of these stations has opened - Glasshoughton in 2005.

In July 2007, Leeds City Council approved a planning application to redevelop the Kirkstall Forge site, and the developer, Commercial Estates Group, has committed £4 million to the building of a railway station, and to the provision of new rolling stock.

In September 2008, the West Yorkshire PTE announced that the Yorkshire & Humber Regional Transport Board had approved funding for its "rail growth programme" which includes stations at Apperley Bridge and Kirkstall Forge. A public exhibition of the plans took place in June 2009; the planning application was submitted to Leeds City Council in March 2010 and approved in June 2010.

Despite its significant private sector funding, the larger Rail Growth Programme including Apperley Bridge was listed as one of the schemes under government review in June 2010.

Following the Comprehensive Spending Review in Autumn 2010 the Leeds Rail Growth Package has been included with the "Development" pool of schemes. Metro submitted a "Best & Final Funding Bid" in September 2011 and the schemes funding was confirmed November 2011 as part of the National Infrastructure Plan.