Featherstone railway station explained

Featherstone
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Featherstone, City of Wakefield
Country:England
Coordinates:53.6793°N -1.3574°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:Northern
Platforms:2
Code:FEA
Zone:3
Classification:DfT category F2
Transit Authority:West Yorkshire Metro
Events:Station opened
Years1:2 January 1967
Events1:Station closed
Years2:12 May 1992
Events2:Station reopened
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Featherstone railway station serves the town of Featherstone in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Pontefract Line, operated by Northern, 6miles 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station on the same site had been closed in January 1967 when passenger services between Wakefield and Pontefract were withdrawn as a result of the Beeching Axe.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 Leeds via Wakefield and to Knottingley via Pontefract Monkhill. There are now trains on Sundays. These run two-hourly between Knottingley and Leeds via Wakefield.