A Northern electric service from Leeds to Doncaster at Outwood
Overview
Owner
Network Rail
Locale
West Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
Termini
Leeds
Sheffield
Technical
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map
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Wakefield line
Legend
Leeds
Outwood
Wakefield Westgate
to Wakefield Kirkgate
Sandal and Agbrigg
Freight route toward
Wakefield Kirkgate and Normanton
Fitzwilliam
to York and Pontefract Baghill
South Elmsall
Adwick
Bentley
East Coast Main Line
north to Selby and York
to Goole and Hull
Doncaster
East Coast Main Line
south
Moorthorpe
Thurnscoe
Goldthorpe
Bolton-upon-Dearne
Swinton–Doncaster line
to Mexborough and Doncaster
Swinton
Rotherham Central
to Barnsley and Huddersfield
Meadowhall
to Worksop and Retford
Sheffield
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Wakefield Lines
Legend
Past, Present and Future
to Leeds via Woodlesford
to Burton Salmon and York
Methley
Fryston
to Ledston
Breffit's Siding
Methley Junction
to Goole
HS2 to Garforth
Castleford
Methley South
Whitwood siding
HS2 to Woodlesford
to Doncaster
Wakefield Europort
Castleford Cutsyke
Altofts and Whitwood
Knottingley
Newmarket Colliery
to Burton Salmon
to Robin Hood
Ferrybridge
Stanley
Glasshoughton
to Robin Hood
Pontefract Monkhill
Normanton
Pontefract Tanshelf
to Leeds via Ardsley
Pontefract Baghill
Lofthouse and Outwood
Don Pedro colliery
(Snydale branch)
Outwood
Featherstone
to Batley
Featherstone Main Colliery
to Dewsbury Central
Streethouse
Ossett
Sharlston
Flushdyke
Crofton
Alverthorpe
Crofton yard
Wakefield Westgate
Oakenshaw
Wakefield Kirkgate
Ackworth
Sandal and Agbrigg
Hare Park & Crofton
Sandal and Walton
Barnsley Coal Railway
Horbury Junction
Ryhill
to Royston
Nostell
to Cudworth
Ryhill Halt
Crigglestone Goods
to Grimethorpe
Horbury Millfield Road
Ackworth Moor Top
British Oak Colliery
Fitzwilliam
Horbury & Ossett
Hemsworth Colliery
Middletown Goods
Hemsworth
Crigglestone West
Hemsworth & South Kirkby
to Cudworth
Upton & North Elmsall
Healey Mills
Moorthorpe
Haigh
South Elmsall
to Barnsley
Frickley Colliery
to Dewsbury
Moorhouse and
South Elmsall Halt
to Bolton On Dearne
Wrangbrook Junction
South Yorkshire Junction Railway
Caphouse Colliery
to Drax
Hull and South Yorkshire
Extension Railway
to Doncaster
to Mirfield
HS2 to Denaby
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.[1] The line was electrified in 1989, between Leeds & Wakefield Westgate, as part of the programme to electrify the East Coast Main Line.[2][3]
The service connects Leeds and Wakefield with Sheffield and Doncaster with the section of the line between Leeds and Doncaster forming part of the East Coast Main Line.[4] The local stopping service is operated by Northern with services between Leeds, Wakefield and either Doncaster or Sheffield. Inter-city operators are London North Eastern Railway, East Midlands Railway and CrossCountry who provide services from Leeds to London and the South of England.
Some sections of the line are shared with the Huddersfield (orange) and Pontefract lines (light blue).
West Yorkshire "Metrocards" are available for all trains as far as South Elmsall on the Doncaster section of the line and to Moorthorpe on the Sheffield section.[5]
^"Rail network map Metro". wymetro.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.[dead link]
^"Leeds West". www.lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
^"Intercity 225: Fastest in the fleet". BBC. 17 October 2000. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
^"Moving ahead – Route Plan G East Coast" (PDF). Network Rail. NR. 2010. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
^"MetroCard – bus travel with rail zones 2–5". www.wymetro.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
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