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Pontefract line
A Northern Trains Class 158 no.158815 at Pontefract Monkhill station in August 2021
Overview
Owner
Network Rail
Locale
Yorkshire and the Humber
Termini
Leeds
Wakefield Westgate
Goole
Stations
16
Technical
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map
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Pontefract Line
Legend
Selby Line
Leeds
Wakefield, Airedale, and
Huddersfield lines
Leeds New Approach
Leeds Hunslet Lane
Hunslet
Middleton Railway
EWYUR
Woodlesford
Methley North
Methley Junction
Methley Joint Railway
Methley South
Altofts and Whitwood
Castleford Cutsyke
Hallam line
Castleford
Castleford–Garforth line
to Sherburn-in-Elmet
Glasshoughton
Wakefield line to Leeds
Wakefield Westgate
Wakefield line to Doncaster
Hallam line
Wakefield Kirkgate
North Midland Railway
to Fitzwilliam
Dearne Valley Railway
Crofton
Sharlston
Streethouse
Featherstone
Pontefract Tanshelf
Pontefract Monkhill
to Pontefract Baghill
Dearne Valley line
Knottingley
Askern branch line
Whitley Bridge
Hensall
East Coast Main Line
Hull and Barnsley Railway
H&B and GC Joint Railway
Snaith
Rawcliffe
Selby–Goole line
Hull and Doncaster Branch
to Doncaster
Goole (L&Y)
Goole
Hull and Doncaster Branch
to Hull
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.
The line, which passes through the former mining areas to the east of Wakefield and Castleford, has the greatest number of stations opened by the West Yorkshire Metro. MetroCards are available on the route as far as Knottingley: a limited service of trains continues to Goole by this route.
The Pontefractline is one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. The service is operated by Northern, and links Wakefield...
stations, Monkhill and Tanshelf, both lie on the Pontefractline, while Baghill lies on the Dearne Valley line 21+1⁄4 miles (34 km) south of York towards Sheffield...
Pontefract Monkhill railway station is the busiest station in the town of Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. The station is on the PontefractLine managed...
Pontefract is a historic market town in the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. It lies to the east of Wakefield and...
is a triangular junction with the line to Bradford. The line from here to Castleford is also served by PontefractLine services. Hunslet (Closed) here was...
The Dearne Valley line is the name given to a railway line in the north of England running from York to Sheffield via Pontefract Baghill and Moorthorpe...
Kirkgate railway stations) join the Huddersfield line here, giving connections from the Pontefract, Hallam and Wakefield lines. Mirfield L&YR junctions...
had a population of 15,244. Featherstone railway station is on the PontefractLine. Despite most population growth taking place around the Industrial...
Central and TransPennine Express. It is on the Hallam, Calder Valley, Pontefract and Huddersfield lines. It has a limited number of services to London...
lies on the PontefractLine operated by Northern and is 8 miles (13 km) east of Wakefield Kirkgate. In the days of coal mining in the Pontefract area, the...
The Calder Valley line (also previously known as the Caldervale line) is a railway route in Northern England between the cities of Leeds and Manchester...
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East Coast Main Line between Doncaster and York), via Askern, Norton and Womersley to Knottingley, where it joins the PontefractLine. It was opened by...
The Airedale line is one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area centred on West Yorkshire in northern England. The service is operated by...
Silsden 1992 – Streethouse, Featherstone, Pontefract Tanshelf, on 12 May, when the line between Pontefract Monkhill and Wakefield Kirkgate reopened to...
The Midland Main Line (MML) is a major railway line from London to Sheffield in Yorkshire via the East Midlands. It comprises the lines from London's St...
Airedale line Calder Valley line Hallam Line Harrogate line Huddersfield line Leeds–Bradford lines Leeds–Morecambe linePontefractline Selby Line Wakefield...
The Harrogate line is a passenger rail line through parts of North Yorkshire and the West Yorkshire area of northern England connecting Leeds to York...
The Woodhead line was a railway line linking Sheffield, Penistone and Manchester in the north of England. A key feature of the route is the passage under...
of Rothwell in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Hallam Line and the PontefractLine, 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Leeds. The station is unstaffed, but...
such as Aberdeen to Penzance, are run by CrossCountry. The line is classed as a high-speed line because its sections from Birmingham to Wakefield Westgate...
The East Coast Main Line (ECML) is a 393-mile long (632 km) electrified railway between its southern terminus at London King's Cross station and Edinburgh...
available for use on the line, covering Zones 3–5. The line is served predominantly by four-coach Class 333 electric multiple units. The line was originally owned...
the South of England. Some sections of the line are shared with the Huddersfield (orange) and Pontefract lines (light blue). West Yorkshire "Metrocards"...
line is a trans-Pennine railway line in Northern England, linking Manchester with Sheffield. It was completed in 1894. Passenger services on the line...
Pontefract station may refer to one of the following stations in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England: Pontefract Baghill railway station, the least busy...
and Calder Navigation. It is located north east of Wakefield, north of Pontefract and south east of Leeds. Castleford is the largest town in the Wakefield...
the town of Featherstone in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the PontefractLine, operated by Northern, 6 miles (10 km) east of Wakefield Kirkgate railway...
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