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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.
Pontefract Tanshelf railway station is the most central station in the market town of Pontefract in West Yorkshire, England, and serves Pontefract Races, the racecourse located just down the street from the station. It lies on the Pontefract Line operated by Northern and is 8 miles (13 km) east of Wakefield Kirkgate. [1]
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.
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
The Wakefield service joins the Leeds service at Pontefract; the station served for this section are: Wakefield Westgate (also served by the Wakefield line): the station was jointly owned by GCR and GNR; to the south was the West Riding and Grimsby Joint Railway (also owned by those companies)
Bus transport is provided by Arriva Yorkshire, operating from Pontefract bus station as the town's main hub. There are three railway stations in the town. Pontefract Baghill is on the Dearne Valley Line, which connects York and Sheffield. Pontefract Monkhill and Pontefract Tanshelf connect with Leeds, Wakefield Westgate and Wakefield Kirkgate.
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]
Monkhill was formerly a township in the parish of Pontefract, [1] in 1866 Monkhill became a separate civil parish, on 26 March 1892 the parish was abolished and merged with Pontefract. [2] In 1881 the parish had a population of 86. [3]