The platforms are long enough to accommodate Intercity trains, and there is a large car park to the south of the station.

New Pudsey was originally served by occasional through trains from Bradford Interchange to London Kings Cross.

However, after electrification of the East Coast Main Line, through services were routed via Shipley to Bradford Forster Square.

This station was opened by British Rail on 6 March 1967[2] and is located in Farsley about 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of Pudsey town centre.

The service is thrice-hourly in the evenings with two trains per hour running to Manchester Victoria (one to Chester) and to Blackpool North.

After the camera pans off Chapman and Idle, Palin is shown walking up the ramp from the platform toward town.

At the beginning of the sketch, reference is made to the alien visitors coming "to conquer and destroy the very heart of civilisation", with a fade-in to the sign reading "New Pudsey".