Leeds railway station (also known as Leeds City station) is the mainline railway station serving the city centre of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. The station provides connections to London, Bristol, Plymouth and the South West, Nottingham, Birmingham and the Midlands, Newcastle upon Tyne, York, Edinburgh and the North East, Manchester and Liverpool and the North West, Hull, Scarborough, Selby and Doncaster, as well as to local and regional destinations in Yorkshire. It is also the terminus for trains running on the scenic Settle to Carlisle line, as well as the hub of the Metro commuter network. 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 18 stations managed by Network Rail.
With over 24 million passenger entries and exits between April 2010 and March 2011, Leeds was the third-busiest railway station in the United Kingdom outside London, after Glasgow Central and Birmingham New Street. According to Network Rail, which manages the station, over 36.8 million people use the station annually.
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