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Pontefract Monkhill railway station is the busiest station in the market town of Pontefract in West Yorkshire, England. The station is on the Pontefract Line managed by Northern but is also served by Grand Central and is 14 miles (23 km) south east of Leeds. The other stations in the town are Pontefract Tanshelf and Pontefract Baghill.
Trains were able to run from London to York via Knottingley, which was the station to change to and from trains into the heart of the West Riding, and so it became a major junction. May 1879: The Swinton and Knottingley Railway, connecting Sheffield and York via Pontefract, opened; Ferrybridge station opened three years later.
Pontefract Monkhill is served by three trains southbound and two trains northbound on weekdays, four trains southbound and one train northbound on Saturdays, and no trains in either direction on Sundays. Peterborough is served by one train in each direction, Monday to Saturday only. [74]
Pontefract Baghill railway station is one of the three railway stations that serve the market town of Pontefract in West Yorkshire, England.The other stations, Monkhill and Tanshelf, both lie on the Pontefract line, while Baghill lies on the Dearne Valley line 21 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (34 km) south of York towards Sheffield.
These trains run between London King's Cross and Bradford Interchange via Doncaster, Knottingley, then on via Pontefract Monkhill, Wakefield Kirkgate, Mirfield, Brighouse and Halifax. The necessary track access rights (for an initial three trains per day each way) were awarded to Grand Central by the ORR in January 2009. [3]
Pontefract Line – One train per hour to Leeds and to Knottingley via Pontefract Monkhill, with a two-hourly service on Sundays. This provides a rail link to Wakefield Westgate. [22] TransPennine Express – One train per hour to York and to Manchester Piccadilly via Huddersfield. [23]
A British Rail Class 141 DMU no. 141113 in red/cream West Yorkshire Metro livery at Pontefract Tanshelf station in June 1996 A British Rail Class 142 and British Rail Class 150 in multiple coupled at Pontefract Tanshelf station in July 2019. Unlike Pontefract Monkhill, both platforms of Tanshelf are wheelchair-accessible.
During Monday to Saturday, there are hourly train services to Leeds via Wakefield and to Knottingley via Pontefract Monkhill. [1] There are now trains on Sundays. These run two-hourly between Knottingley and Leeds via Wakefield.