Consultation outcome

Ravensthorpe railway station closure

From:
Department for Transport
Published
26 September 2024
Last updated
2316 JulySeptember 2025 — See all updates
This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

The Department for Transport’s summary of responses and outcome document, published on 23 July 2025, outlined our decision that closure of Ravensthorpe station should proceed, subject to Office of Rail and Road (ORR) ratification.

In September 2025, ORR completed the ratification process. Closure of Ravensthorpe station will take effect, with the end of service on 13 December 2025.

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.

Original consultation

Summary

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

This consultation ran from
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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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Updates to this page

Published 26 September 2024
Last updated 2316 JulySeptember 2025 + show all updates

  2. Ravensthorpe station closure: summary of responses added.

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