Fitzwilliam railway station

Fitzwilliam
43112 Doncaster passing through at speed in July 2006
General information
Location	Fitzwilliam, City of Wakefield England
Coordinates	53°37′57″N 1°22′28″W / 53.6326°N 1.3745°W / 53.6326; -1.3745
Grid reference	SE414153
Managed by	Northern
Transit authority	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	FZW
Fare zone	4
Classification	DfT category F1
Key dates
1 June 1937	Original station opened as "Fitzwilliam Halt"
6 November 1967	Original station closed[1]
1 March 1982	New station opened[1]
Passengers
2018/19	0.282 million
Interchange	925
2019/20	0.290 million
Interchange	426
2020/21	78,978
Interchange	184
2021/22	0.198 million
Interchange	402
2022/23	0.239 million
Interchange	833
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Fitzwilliam railway station is in the small village of Fitzwilliam, West Yorkshire, England. It is also the closest station to the nearby town of Hemsworth.

The station is on the Wakefield Line operated by Northern. Trains run from Fitzwilliam to Leeds via Wakefield Westgate, Doncaster and Sheffield.

The current station was opened on 1 March 1982^[1] as one of series of improvements to local rail services made by the West Yorkshire PTE (Passenger Transport Executive).^[2] This replaced the LNER station several hundred metres to the north, which opened as "Fitzwilliam Halt" on 1 July 1937 but fell victim to the Beeching cuts within little more than 30 years, closing on 6 November 1967.^[1][3] Unlike its modern incarnation, the original station consisted of a single island platform, accessed from the adjacent road bridge.^[2] The line was electrified in 1988.