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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.
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.
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.
Peterborough is served by one train in each direction, Monday to Saturday only. [74] West Riding: London King's Cross to Bradford Interchange: 4: Peterborough, Doncaster, Pontefract Monkhill, Wakefield Kirkgate, Mirfield, Brighouse, Halifax, Low Moor; Low Moor, Halifax, Brighouse are served by three trains southbound and four trains northbound ...
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.
The Askern branch line is a railway line which runs in North, South and West Yorkshire in England. The stretch of track runs from Shaftholme Junction north of Doncaster (on the East Coast Main Line between Doncaster and York), via Askern, Norton and Womersley to Knottingley, where it joins the Pontefract Line.
The first station encountered is Pontefract Baghill, which remains open today, before the line reaches a closed station at Ackworth (last served in 1951), [7] then the station at Moorthorpe. [8] The small hamlet of Frickley saw its station close in 1953, but two new stations at Thurnscoe and Goldthorpe were opened in 1986. [ 9 ]
Pontefract station may refer to one of the following stations in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England: Pontefract Baghill railway station, the least busy of the three, served by trains between Sheffield and York; Pontefract Monkhill railway station, the busiest station, served by trains between Goole and Leeds/Wakefield