Template:Wakefield Lines

Wakefield Lines
Past, Present and Future
to Leeds via Woodlesford
to Burton Salmon and York
Methley
Fryston
to Ledston
Breffit's Siding
Methley Junction
to Goole
HS2 to Garforth
Castleford
Methley South
Whitwood siding
HS2 to Woodlesford
to Doncaster
Wakefield Europort
Castleford Cutsyke
Altofts and Whitwood
Knottingley
Newmarket Colliery
to Burton Salmon
to Robin Hood
Ferrybridge
Stanley
Glasshoughton
to Robin Hood
Pontefract Monkhill
Normanton
Pontefract Tanshelf
to Leeds via Ardsley
Pontefract Baghill
Lofthouse and Outwood
Don Pedro colliery
(Snydale branch)
Outwood
Featherstone
to Batley
Featherstone Main Colliery
to Dewsbury Central
Streethouse
Ossett
Sharlston
Flushdyke
Crofton
Alverthorpe
Crofton yard
Wakefield Westgate
Oakenshaw
Wakefield Kirkgate
Ackworth
Sandal and Agbrigg
Hare Park & Crofton
Sandal and Walton
Barnsley Coal Railway
Horbury Junction
Ryhill
to Royston
Nostell
to Cudworth
Ryhill Halt
Crigglestone Goods
to Grimethorpe
Horbury Millfield Road
Ackworth Moor Top
British Oak Colliery
Fitzwilliam
Horbury & Ossett
Hemsworth Colliery
Middletown Goods
Hemsworth
Crigglestone West
Hemsworth & South Kirkby
to Cudworth
Upton & North Elmsall
Healey Mills
Moorthorpe
Haigh
South Elmsall
to Barnsley
Frickley Colliery
to Dewsbury
Moorhouse and
South Elmsall Halt
to Bolton On Dearne
Wrangbrook Junction
South Yorkshire Junction Railway
Caphouse Colliery
to Drax
Hull and South Yorkshire
Extension Railway
to Doncaster
to Mirfield
HS2 to Denaby

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Lines

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This map represents past, present and possible future railways within the 2018 boundaries of the City of Wakefield. Currently 5 of the lines advertised by West Yorkshire Metro pass through the Wakefield area:

Wakefield Line Leeds to Wakefield, Doncaster and Sheffield
Hallam Line Leeds to Barnsley, Sheffield and Nottingham via Normanton
Pontefract Line Leeds to Castleford, Pontefract and Knottingley plus Knottingley to Wakefield via Featherstone
Huddersfield Line Wakefield to Mirfield and Huddersfield via Horbury
Dearne Valley Line Moorthorpe to York via Pontefract Baghill

The Dearne Valley Line has only a limited, "Parliamentary train" service, being used mainly for freight. The Wakefield line features local trains to both Doncaster and Sheffield plus East Coast Main Line, Midland Main Line and Cross Country Route expresses.

Prior to the Railways Act 1921, which led to the 1923 Grouping of railways in Britain, most railways in Wakefield were owned or operated by six companies.

Upon grouping, the LYR and MR joined the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), while the other main players became part of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER).

Opening dates

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The railways featured here were opened in the years shown by the following companies (final pre-grouping owner/operator shown last where applicable):

1840 North Midland Railway Methley to Cudworth via Oakenshaw MR
1840 York and North Midland Railway Castleford to Methley and Normanton NER
1840 Manchester and Leeds Railway Normanton to Horbury and on to Manchester LYR
1848 Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway Kirkgate to Knottingley and Goole LYR
1848 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Knottingley to Doncaster LYR
1849 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Methley Junction to Pontefract via Castleford Cutsyke LYR
1850 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Horbury Junction to Barnsley LYR
1850 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Knottingley to Burton Salmon LYR
1857 Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway Leeds to Wakefield via Outwood GNR
1864 Bradford, Leeds and Halifax Junction Railway Wakefield to Batley via Ossett GNR
1865 Methley Joint Railway Methley South to Lofthouse GNR/LYR/NER
1866 West Riding and Grimsby Joint Railway Doncaster to Wakefield Westgate plus spur to Kirkgate GNR/GCR
1870 North Eastern Railway Whitwood Branch NER
1879 Leeds, Castleford and Pontefract Junction Railway Castleford to Garforth NER
1879 Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway Moorthorpe to Ferrybridge NER/MR
1880 Great Northern Railway Ossett to Dewsbury Central GNR
1882 Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Barnsley Coal Railway from Royston to Nostell GCR
1885 Midland Railway Snydale Branch MR
1885 Hull, Barnsley and West Riding Junction Railway and Dock Company Wrangbrook Junction, Upton to Cudworth HBR
1891 East and West Yorkshire Union Railway, E&WYUR Robin Hood to Lofthouse E&WYUR
1894 South Yorkshire Junction Railway Wrangbrook Junction to Denaby Colliery, Conisbrough HBR
1902 Hull and South Yorkshire Extension Railway Wrangbrook Junction to Wath via Moorhouse and South Elmsall HBR
1902 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Horbury and Ossett to Crigglestone LYR
1906 Midland Railway Royston to Dewsbury via Middletown MR
1909 Dearne Valley Railway Crofton to Grimethorpe LYR
1914 Brackenhill Light Railway Ackworth to Hemsworth Colliery NER
c. 2033 HS2 Denaby to Woodlesford

Notes

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Some lines may appear to kink and bend or even turn back on themselves, even though their actual routes are quite direct. Such instances are merely topological quirks. Dotted lines (LUECKE or "gap" icons) represent tracks outside the city boundary. Certain simplifications have been made for reasons of space and ease of understanding:

  • In this part of industrial Yorkshire there have been many mineral branches and industrial sidings. These are largely omitted. Former tram lines in the district are not depicted.
  • Lines omitted include the Lake Lock Rail Road of c. 1780 and the Aire and Calder Navigation's later, but similarly routed Stanley Railway.
  • The Snydale branch also served Ackton Hall colliery near Featherstone and Sharlston colliery near Streethouse, which also had connections from the Pontefract Line.
  • Certain stations shown as passenger stops were converted to handle goods only shortly after opening (e.g. Oakenshaw).
  • Certain stations have had multiple names (e.g. Altofts). Others have been resited during their history (e.g. Castleford), even if only one site is shown.
  • The HBR line through Moorhouse and South Elmsall is just beyond the Wakefield boundary but did serve South Elmsall and Frickley Colliery (also in South Elmsall).
  • HS2 junctions are all flying junctions even if shown as flat.