The Wakefield line is a railway line and service in the West Yorkshire Metro and South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive areas of northern England. The Wakefield line is coloured yellow on maps and publications by West Yorkshire Metro. The line was electrified in 1989,between Leeds &Wakefield Westgate,as part of the programme to electrify the East Coast Main Line.
Wakefield Westgate railway station is a mainline railway station in Wakefield,West Yorkshire,England. It is 10 miles (16 km) south of Leeds to the west of the city centre,on the Wakefield Line and Leeds branch of the East Coast Main Line.
The Pontefract line is one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. The service is operated by Northern,and links Wakefield and Leeds with Goole via Pontefract. The Metro timetable for the line also includes services operated as the Dearne Valley line between York and Sheffield via Pontefract.
Rotherham Central railway station is in Rotherham,South Yorkshire,England. The station was originally named "Rotherham",becoming "Rotherham and Masborough" in January 1889 and finally "Rotherham Central" on 25 September 1950.
Swinton railway station is a railway station in Swinton,South Yorkshire,England. It has three platforms and a small bus station,and lies at the junction of the former North Midland Railway main line between Rotherham Masborough and Leeds via Cudworth and the former South Yorkshire Railway line to Doncaster.
Goldthorpe railway station serves the village of Goldthorpe,in South Yorkshire,England. It lies on the Wakefield Line 14.25 miles (23 km) north of Sheffield railway station. It was opened in May 1988.
Thurnscoe railway station serves a village of Thurnscoe in South Yorkshire,England. It is located on the Wakefield Line 15 miles (24 km) north of Sheffield railway station. Only stopping services call at the station. It was opened as a new station on 16 May 1988. The station was built by British Rail.
Moorthorpe railway station serves the village of Moorthorpe and town of South Kirkby in West Yorkshire,England. It lies on the Wakefield Line and the Dearne Valley Line,18+1⁄4 miles (29.4 km) north of Sheffield and is served by Northern Trains.
Fitzwilliam railway station is in the small village of Fitzwilliam,West Yorkshire,England. It is also the closest station to the nearby town of Hemsworth.
South Elmsall railway station serves the town of South Elmsall in West Yorkshire,England. It lies on the Wakefield Line operated by Northern 8+3⁄4 miles (14.1 km) northwest of Doncaster and was opened in 1866.
Adwick railway station serves the communities of Adwick le Street and Carcroft,in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster,South Yorkshire,England. Located on the line linking Leeds to Doncaster via Wakefield,immediately south-east of the point where it passes beneath Church Lane,the present station is the second to serve Adwick:the first,the main building of which still stands,lay on the other side of the present road bridge.
Bentley railway station is a railway station that serves Bentley,South Yorkshire,England. It lies on the Wakefield Line and is managed by Northern,who also provide all the passenger trains serving it. It was opened on 27 April 1992 by British Rail with financial assistance from the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive. An earlier wooden halt,Bentley Crossing,built by the West Riding and Grimsby Railway,had previously existed at the same location but was closed by 1943.
Goole railway station is a railway station in the port town of Goole on the Hull and Doncaster Branch in the East Riding of Yorkshire,England.
Outwood railway station is situated in the Outwood district of Wakefield in West Yorkshire,England.
Castleford railway station serves the town of Castleford in West Yorkshire. It lies on the Hallam and Pontefract lines,11 miles (18 km) south-east of Leeds.
Featherstone railway station serves the town of Featherstone in West Yorkshire,England. It lies on the Pontefract Line,operated by Northern,6 miles (10 km) east of Wakefield Kirkgate railway station.
Knottingley railway station serves the town of Knottingley in West Yorkshire,England. It lies on the Pontefract Line,operated by Northern,and is 16 miles (26 km) south east of Leeds railway station.
Brighouse railway station serves the town of Brighouse in West Yorkshire,England. The station lies on the Calder Valley line running west from Leeds. Opened in 1840,and closed in 1970,it reopened in 2000 and is served by Northern Trains and Grand Central services.
The West Riding and Grimsby Railway was a railway company that promoted a line between Wakefield and Doncaster,in Yorkshire,England. There was also a branch line connection from Adwick le Street to Stainforth,which gave access towards Grimsby. The company was promoted independently,but it was sponsored by the Manchester,Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and the Great Northern Railway,and became jointly owned by them.
Agbrigg is a suburb of the city of Wakefield,West Yorkshire,England.
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