Pontefract line

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Pontefract line
A Northern Trains Class 158 no.158815 at Pontefract Monkhill station in August 2021
Overview
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	Yorkshire and the Humber
Termini	Leeds Wakefield Westgate Goole
Stations	16
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map (Click to expand)

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Legend
Selby Line Leeds Wakefield, Airedale, and Huddersfield lines Leeds New Approach Leeds Hunslet Lane Hunslet Middleton Railway EWYUR Woodlesford Methley North Methley Junction Methley Joint Railway Methley South Altofts and Whitwood Castleford Cutsyke Hallam line Castleford Castleford–Garforth line to Sherburn-in-Elmet Glasshoughton Wakefield line to Leeds Wakefield Westgate Wakefield line to Doncaster Hallam line Wakefield Kirkgate North Midland Railway to Fitzwilliam Dearne Valley Railway Crofton Sharlston Streethouse Featherstone Pontefract Tanshelf Pontefract Monkhill to Pontefract Baghill Dearne Valley line Knottingley Askern branch line Whitley Bridge Hensall East Coast Main Line Hull and Barnsley Railway H&B and GC Joint Railway Snaith Rawcliffe Selby–Goole line Hull and Doncaster Branch to Doncaster Goole (L&Y) Goole Hull and Doncaster Branch to Hull

The Pontefract line is one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. The service is operated by Northern, and links Wakefield and Leeds with Goole via Pontefract. The Metro timetable for the line also includes services operated as the Dearne Valley line between York and Sheffield via Pontefract.

The line, which passes through the former mining areas to the east of Wakefield and Castleford, has the greatest number of stations opened by the West Yorkshire Metro. MetroCards are available on the route as far as Knottingley: a limited service of trains continues to Goole by this route.