Featherstone railway station

Coordinates: 53°40′45″N 1°21′27″W / 53.6793°N 1.3574°W / 53.6793; -1.3574
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Featherstone
National Rail
The view from platform 1
General information
LocationFeatherstone, City of Wakefield
England
Coordinates53°40′45″N 1°21′27″W / 53.6793°N 1.3574°W / 53.6793; -1.3574
Grid referenceSE425205
Managed byNorthern
Transit authorityWest Yorkshire Metro
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeFEA
Fare zone3
ClassificationDfT category F2
Key dates
1 April 1848 (1848-04-01)Opened
2 January 1967Closed
12 May 1992Reopened
Passengers
2018/19Increase 62,218
2019/20Increase 76,146
2020/21Decrease 26,092
2021/22Increase 62,352
2022/23Increase 65,072
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Featherstone railway station serves the town of Featherstone in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Pontefract Line, operated by Northern, 6 miles (10 km) east of Wakefield Kirkgate railway station.

The current station was opened by West Yorkshire Metro on 12 May 1992 when the line between Wakefield and Pontefract was reopened. A previous station on the same site had been closed in January 1967 when passenger services between Wakefield and Pontefract were withdrawn as a result of the Beeching Axe.

Services[edit]

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.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Table 32 National Rail timetable, May 2018

External links[edit]

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