Place Featherstone Station code FEA DfT category F2 Number of platforms 2 Pte West Yorkshire | Grid reference SE425205 Managed by Northern 2011/12 81,138 | |
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Address Featherstone, Pontefract WF7, UK Similar Knottingley railway station, Castleford railway station, Streethouse railway station, Glasshoughton railway station, Normanton 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.
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station on the same site had been closed in January 1967 when passenger services between Wakefield and Pontefract were withdrawn as a result of the Beeching Axe.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 Wakefield Kirkgate and to Knottingley via Pontefract Monkhill. There are no trains on Sundays in the present timetable, though Arriva Rail North plan to introduce one in the future as part of the new Northern Franchise Agreement (which will also see through trains to Leeds).