Featherstone railway station

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.

Featherstone
The view from platform 1
Location
PlaceFeatherstone
Local authorityCity of Wakefield
Coordinates53.6793°N 1.3574°W / 53.6793; -1.3574
Grid referenceSE425205
Operations
Station codeFEA
Managed byNorthern
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 67,256
2015/16 66,024
2016/17 65,260
2017/18 59,162
2018/19 62,218
Passenger Transport Executive
PTEWest Yorkshire Metro
Zone3
History
1 April 1848 (1848-04-01)Opened
2 January 1967Closed
12 May 1992Reopened
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.

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station on the same site had been closed in January 1967 when passenger services between Wakefield and Pontefract were withdrawn as a result of the Beeching Axe.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
Pontefract Line
Mondays-Saturdays only


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