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==Transport== ===Rail=== [[File:Horsforth station.jpg|thumb|[[Horsforth railway station|Horsforth station]] looking south towards [[Leeds railway station|Leeds]]]] [[File:Newlay & Horsforth station geograph-2165895.jpg|thumb|[[Newlay and Horsforth railway station|Newlay & Horsforth station]] with a freight train in 1964]] [[Horsforth railway station]] is on the [[Harrogate line]] between [[Harrogate railway station|Harrogate]] and [[Leeds railway station|Leeds]]. The station is just outside the Horsforth parish boundary, on the [[Cookridge]] side of Moseley Beck. [[Kirkstall Forge railway station]] is located in [[Kirkstall]] near the boundary with Horsforth, around two miles from Horsforth station. It is on the Leeds to Bradford Line between Leeds City and Shipley and was opened on 19 June 2016, near the site of an earlier station with the same name. [[Newlay and Horsforth railway station|Newlay station]], which was built by the Midland Railway, was renamed ''Newlay & Horsforth'' station in 1889. It was situated south of the [[River Aire]] and was accessible from Horsforth on Pollard Lane which connects Horsforth to [[Bramley, Leeds|Bramley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=424000.083541348&Y=436500.93831502&width=700&height=400&gride=424042.083541348&gridn=438498.93831502&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=freegaz&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&keepicon=true&zm=0&scale=10000&up.x=296&up.y=9 |title=Multi Map |publisher=Multi Map |access-date=10 January 2012}}</ref> The station on the [[Airedale line]] was renamed Newlay station in 1961. It closed on 22 March 1965, along with other stations on the Airedale line: [[Armley Canal Road railway station|Armley Canal Road]], [[Kirkstall railway station|Kirkstall]], [[Calverley and Rodley railway station|Calverley & Rodley]] and [[Apperley Bridge railway station|Apperley Bridge]]. ===Bus=== The town is served by several bus routes: * 23 (formerly 6) β [[Holt Park]] to [[Leeds city centre]] via Horsforth * 8 β [[Pudsey]] to [[Cross Gates]] via Horsforth * 9 β [[Seacroft]] to Holt Park via [[Rothwell, West Yorkshire|Rothwell]] [[Rodley, West Yorkshire|Rodley]] and Pudsey evenings and Sundays * 19A β Yeadon to East Garforth via Horsforth, [[Cookridge]], [[Headingley|Headlingley]], [[Burley, Leeds|Burley]], Leeds city centre & [[Halton, Leeds|Halton]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstgroup.com/leeds/plan-journey/timetables/?day=1&source_id=2&service=19/19A&routeid=19214441&operator=16&source=sp|title=Timetables {{!}} Leeds |website=First UK Bus|access-date=16 December 2017}}</ref> * 27 (formerly 97) β Leeds city centre to Guiseley via [[Headingley]], Horsforth & [[Yeadon, West Yorkshire|Yeadon]] * 31, 32 β Horsforth Town Circular * 33, 34 β [[Leeds city centre]] to [[Guiseley]]/[[Otley]] via [[Kirkstall]], New Road Side, [[Guiseley]] & [[Menston]] * 50, 50A β Horsforth (The Green) to [[Seacroft]] via [[Burley, Leeds|Burley]] city centre & [[Harehills]] * A1 β Leeds to Otley via New Road Side, [[Leeds Bradford Airport]] ===Airport=== The nearest airport is [[Leeds Bradford Airport]], in neighbouring [[Yeadon, West Yorkshire|Yeadon]] approximately 2.6 miles away.
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