Pontefract line - Definition

The Pontefract line is a railway connecting Leeds, Pontefract, Wakefield and Goole in the North of England.

Within West Yorkshire it includes the following stations (ordered going away from Leeds):

Metrocard Zone 1

• Leeds

Metrocard Zone 2

• Woodlesford (also on the Hallam line)

Metrocard Zone 3

• Castleford (also on the Hallam line)
• Glasshoughton (was due to be reopened in 2004)
  • Wakefield Westgate (also on the Huddersfield and Wakefield lines)
  • Wakefield Kirkgate (also on the Hallam and Huddersfield lines)
  • Streethouse
  • Featherstone
  • Pontefract Tanshelf
• Pontefract Monkhill
• Knottingley

Outside of West Yorkshire it includes the following stations:

• Whitley Bridge
• Hensall
• Snaith
• Rawcliffe
• Goole

External links

• West Yorkshire Metro (http://www.wymetro.com/TrainTravel/MetroTrainTimetablesAndRoutes/PontefractLine.htm)