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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.

Featherstone
The view from platform 1
General information
LocationFeatherstone, City of Wakefield
England
Coordinates53.6793°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
2016/17 65,260
2017/18 59,162
2018/19 62,218
2019/20 76,146
2020/21 26,092
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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station on the same site had been closed in January 1967 when passenger services between Wakefield and Pontefract were withdrawn as a result of the Beeching Axe.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