Station code WBD DfT category F2 Opened 1848 | Grid reference SE556228 Managed by Northern 2011/12 980 Number of platforms 2 | |
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Similar Pontefract Monkhill railway st, Knottingley railway station, Pontefract Tanshelf railway st, Streethouse railway station, Hensall railway station | ||
Whitley Bridge railway station serves the villages of Eggborough and Whitley in North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Pontefract Line and is 20 miles (32 km) east of Leeds. It was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1848, on their line between Wakefield Kirkgate and Goole via Knottingley.
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Facilities
The station is unmanned and has only basic amenities - no permanent buildings remain other than standard glass & metal shelters on each platform. There is a single customer help point on platform 1 (eastbound) and timetable posters on both sides to provide train running information, but tickets must be purchased prior to travel or on the train as there is no ticketing provision here. Step-free access is available to both platforms via the level crossing at the Knottingley end of the station.
Services
Whitley Bridge has a limited service - Monday to Saturdays, one (early evening) train a day goes to Goole and two per day go to Leeds (one in the morning business peak and the other mid-evening). There is no Sunday service. Trains operate on Bank holidays.
The sparse timetable continues to operate mainly to meet Northern's franchise obligations and to avoid the need for the Knottingley to Goole line to be put through the formal closure process. The line is however also used for freight traffic to/from Drax Power Station.