[2] It was originally hoped that construction would begin in 2011, with a completion date of 2012,[3] but the business case was not submitted to the Department for Transport until 2011.

[7] The station also featured in plans by Alliance Rail as a stopping point for services between Ilkley/Bradford Forster Square and London Kings Cross to begin in 2017.

[9] The proposals for East Leeds Parkway have been downplayed in favour of an alternative site at Thorpe Park (which is further west).

[11] In November 2017, the ‘Connecting People: Strategic Vision for Rail’ Report by the Government proposed a new station in Thorpe Park as part of a plan to reverse the Beeching Cuts.

[13][14] The railway station is very close to the new East Leeds Orbital Road (A6120 bypass), which is at Junction 46 of the M1 motorway.