Consultation outcome

Ravensthorpe railway station closure

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 26 September 2024
• Last updated: 23 July 2025 — See all updates

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

Feedback received

Ravensthorpe railway station closure: summary of responses

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Detail of feedback received

We have reviewed responses to the consultation and have decided that the closure should proceed.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) must then be satisfied that the closure process has been followed. If the ORR is satisfied that it has, it will issue a closure ratification notice allowing the closure to proceed.  

Network Rail has outlined that the station will close at either the end of service on 13 December 2025, or 4 weeks after ORR’s ratification: whichever is later.

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Original consultation

Summary

Seeks views on Network Rail's proposal to close Ravensthorpe railway station.

This consultation ran from
10am on 26 September 2024 to 11:59pm on 5 January 2025

Consultation description

Network Rail (NR) is proposing to close the railway station at Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire on or after 28 September 2025.

NR has developed plans for a new Ravensthorpe station, located 200 metres west of the existing Ravensthorpe station, as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU).

The new station is planned to open in summer 2028.

This consultation invites comments on the Network Rail proposal to close the current station.

Network Rail has taken account of the Department for Transport’s (DfT) railways closures guidance.

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Ravensthorpe railway station closure

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Published 26 September 2024

Last updated 23 July 2025 + show all updates

1. 23 July 2025

   Ravensthorpe station closure: summary of responses added.

2. 26 September 2024

   First published.