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Wakefield Westgate railway station is a mainline railway station in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It is 10 miles (16 km) south of Leeds to the west of the city centre, on the Wakefield Line and Leeds branch of the East Coast Main Line . The first Westgate station opened in 1856 a few years after the town's first station, Wakefield Kirkgate.
The original Kirkgate station opened by the Manchester and Leeds Railway in 1840 was the only station in Wakefield until Westgate was opened in 1867. The railway station building dates from 1854. It is named for the nearby Kirkgate street. Some demolition work took place in 1972, removing buildings on the island platform and the roof with its ...
The Wakefield line is a railway line and service in the West Yorkshire Metro and South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive areas of northern England. The Wakefield line is coloured yellow on maps and publications by West Yorkshire Metro. [ 1] The line was electrified in 1989, between Leeds & Wakefield Westgate, as part of the programme to ...
Leeds New station (as known then) is in the centre, coloured red and yellow. The River Aire and southern station entrance in June 2018 The 1967 rebuilt Leeds railway station, Class 45 no.102 on platform 8 West seen in 1974 A trolley point showing the historical name of 'Leeds City' after the 2002 rebuilding, photo taken in April 2010
Outwood railway station. / 53.71510; -1.51043. Outwood railway station is situated in the Outwood district of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England . Outwood is the first stop on the Wakefield Line 7.5 miles (12 km) after Leeds for trains going towards Wakefield Westgate, Doncaster and Sheffield .
Pontefract line. 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.
Hallam Line. The Hallam Line is a railway connecting Leeds and Sheffield via Castleford [ 1] in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. It is a slower route from Leeds to Sheffield than the Wakefield line. Services on this line are operated by Northern Trains. Services from Leeds to Nottingham also use the line.
On Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service to Wakefield Westgate and Leeds northbound and an hourly service to each of Doncaster and Sheffield southbound. [3] On Sundays, there is a similar service frequency in operation (hourly to both Doncaster and Sheffield, two per hour to Wakefield and Leeds) but starting later in the day.