Upton and North Elmsall railway station

Upton and North Elmsall
Upton and North Elmsall station (dark blue line)
General information
LocationCity of Wakefield
England
Coordinates53°36′40″N 1°17′10″W / 53.611°N 1.286°W / 53.611; -1.286
Grid referenceSE475130
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyHull and Barnsley Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
27 July 1885Station opened
1 January 1932Station closed to passengers
1959Station closed to goods

Upton and North Elmsall railway station, was a railway station on the Hull and Barnsley Railway (H&B) in Yorkshire, England. The station served the villages of Upton and North Elmsall, (both now in the Wakefield District of West Yorkshire). The station closed completely in 1959 and the track was lifted in 1967, however, in 2020, a proposal was forwarded to reinstate over 2 miles (3.2 km) of line for a new heritage railway.