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East Midlands Trains services from Leeds to London St Pancras International via either Derby or Nottingham call at Wakefield Westgate.

However there are only up to three departures per day ( all early morning ) from Leeds and up to four late afternoon / evening return trips from St Pancras.

This is principally because the main maintenance depot for the former Midland Mainline HST power cars is the Maintrain depot at Neville Hill in Leeds.

This provides a limited but useful service between West Yorkshire and the East Midlands.

The former operator Midland Mainline had serious plans for a regular service between St Pancras and Leeds via the Erewash Valley and Leicester but these were rejected by the ( then ) Strategic Rail Authority.

These services are however useful for people making trips to places such as Bedford and Luton for business or leisure.