Editing Castleford (section)

==Transport==
===Roads===
Castleford is only {{convert|1.5|km|order=flip}} away from the [[M62 motorway|M62]] at Junction 32 via the [[A656 road]]. It has other A roads that criss-cross the town and provide access to Junction 31 on the same motorway.<ref>{{cite map|title = York & Selby|map = 105|year = 2014 |scale =1:50,000 |series = Landranger|publisher = Ordnance Survey|edition = C|isbn =9780319262030}}</ref>

===Waterways===
The rivers Aire and Calder have a confluence just north-west of the town and also feed the Aire and Calder Navigation. Whilst it is an industrial waterway, it also hosts tourism with moorings on the Castleford Cut of the Navigation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Castleford Cut|url=https://www.watersidemooring.com/Mooring/Site/310|website=Waterside Mooring|access-date=14 November 2016}}</ref>

===Railways===
[[File:Castleford railway station (24th April 2021) 004.jpg|thumb|left|Castleford railway station in 2021]]

[[Castleford railway station]] is situated on both the [[Hallam Line|Hallam]] and [[Pontefract Line|Pontefract lines]]; these lines connect the town directly with [[Leeds railway station|Leeds]], [[Barnsley railway station|Barnsley]], [[Goole railway station|Goole]], [[Pontefract Monkhill|Pontefract]] and [[Sheffield station|Sheffield]].  All trains arrive from the west and leave in that same direction.<ref>{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Michael|title=The Trains Now Departed|date=2015|publisher=Arrow Books|location=London|isbn=9780099590583|pages=159–160|chapter=8. In the company of ghosts in Britain's spookiest service}}</ref> In January 2021, the station was completely revamped, providing a modern waiting facility, sheltered cycle parking and changes to the car park layout.<ref>{{cite web|title=Castleford Railway Station Improvement Scheme|url=https://www.yourvoice.westyorks-ca.gov.uk/castleford_rail|access-date=17 February 2021|website=Your Voice}}</ref>

Train services used to travel eastwards to [[York railway station|York]], via [[Burton Salmon railway station|Burton Salmon]], but passenger workings ceased in 1970 with the section retained for freight workings only.<ref>{{cite web|title=Church Fenton|url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/c/church_fenton/|website=Disused Stations|access-date=14 November 2016}}</ref> Castleford also had a second service to Leeds that left the station eastwards and swung north onto the former [[Castleford–Garforth line]], which saw 
services calling at Ledston and Kippax, before arriving in [[Garforth railway station|Garforth]] and continuing to Leeds.<ref>{{cite web|title=Castleford to Garforth|url=http://w.lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk/Castleford%20Garforth.htm|website=lostrailwaysofwestyorkshire.co.uk|access-date=11 August 2020}}</ref> 
In December 2023, services were restored towards York, with [[Transpennine Express]] providing four round-trips daily, from [[Manchester Piccadilly]] to York via [[Huddersfield railway station|Huddersfield]], [[Wakefield Kirkgate]] and Castleford.

The [[Glasshoughton]] area of the town is served by [[Glasshoughton railway station|its own railway station]], which is situated one stop beyond Castleford on the Pontefract line.

===Buses===
In 2016, a new £6&nbsp;million [[Castleford bus station|bus station]] was opened adjacent to the railway station to allow an integrated travel site for the 12,000 people using the bus station per day.<ref>{{cite web|title=Castleford Bus Station now open|url=http://www.wymetro.com/news/projects/projectdetails/CastlefordBusStationRedevelopment/|website=WYMetro|access-date=14 November 2016|date=February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012231321/http://www.wymetro.com/news/projects/projectdetails/CastlefordBusStationRedevelopment/|archive-date=12 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Local services are provided primarily by [[Arriva Yorkshire]],  but also by Globe Holidays (Barnsley) and Ross Travel.  Routes link Castleford with Leeds, Pontefract and Wakefield.