Featherstone railway station

Featherstone National Rail
The view from platform 1
Location
Place Featherstone
Local authority City of Wakefield
Coordinates 53°40′45″N 1°21′27″W / 53.6793°N 1.3574°W / 53.6793; -1.3574Coordinates: 53°40′45″N 1°21′27″W / 53.6793°N 1.3574°W / 53.6793; -1.3574
Grid reference SE425205
Operations
Station code FEA
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Increase 81,452
2013/14 Decrease 72,106
2014/15 Decrease 67,256
2015/16 Decrease 66,024
2016/17 Decrease 65,260
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE West Yorkshire Metro
Zone 3
History
1 April 1848 (1848-04-01) Opened
1967 Closed
1992 Reopened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Featherstone from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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station on the same site had been closed in January 1967 when passenger services between Wakefield and Pontefract were withdrawn as a result of the Beeching Axe.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

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

  1. ↑ Table 32 National Rail timetable, May 2018
Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
Northern
Mondays-Saturdays only


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