Wakefield line

Wakefield line
A Northern electric service from Leeds to Doncaster at Outwood
Overview
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	West Yorkshire South Yorkshire
Termini	Leeds Sheffield
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map (Click to expand)

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Leeds Outwood Wakefield Westgate to Wakefield Kirkgate Sandal and Agbrigg Freight route toward Wakefield Kirkgate and Normanton Fitzwilliam to York and Pontefract Baghill South Elmsall Adwick Bentley East Coast Main Line north to Selby and York to Goole and Hull Doncaster East Coast Main Line south Moorthorpe Thurnscoe Goldthorpe Bolton-upon-Dearne Swinton–Doncaster line to Mexborough and Doncaster Swinton Rotherham Central to Barnsley and Huddersfield Meadowhall to Worksop and Retford Sheffield

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Past, Present and Future
to Leeds via Woodlesford to Burton Salmon and York Methley Fryston to Ledston Breffit's Siding Methley Junction to Goole HS2 to Garforth Castleford Methley South Whitwood siding HS2 to Woodlesford to Doncaster Wakefield Europort Castleford Cutsyke Altofts and Whitwood Knottingley Newmarket Colliery to Burton Salmon to Robin Hood Ferrybridge Stanley Glasshoughton to Robin Hood Pontefract Monkhill Normanton Pontefract Tanshelf to Leeds via Ardsley Pontefract Baghill Lofthouse and Outwood Don Pedro colliery (Snydale branch) Outwood Featherstone to Batley Featherstone Main Colliery to Dewsbury Central Streethouse Ossett Sharlston Flushdyke Crofton Alverthorpe Crofton yard Wakefield Westgate Oakenshaw Wakefield Kirkgate Ackworth Sandal and Agbrigg Hare Park & Crofton Sandal and Walton Barnsley Coal Railway Horbury Junction Ryhill to Royston Nostell to Cudworth Ryhill Halt Crigglestone Goods to Grimethorpe Horbury Millfield Road Ackworth Moor Top British Oak Colliery Fitzwilliam Horbury & Ossett Hemsworth Colliery Middletown Goods Hemsworth Crigglestone West Hemsworth & South Kirkby to Cudworth Upton & North Elmsall Healey Mills Moorthorpe Haigh South Elmsall to Barnsley Frickley Colliery to Dewsbury Moorhouse and South Elmsall Halt to Bolton On Dearne Wrangbrook Junction South Yorkshire Junction Railway Caphouse Colliery to Drax Hull and South Yorkshire Extension Railway to Doncaster to Mirfield HS2 to Denaby

The Wakefield line is a railway line and service in the West Yorkshire Metro and South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive areas of northern England. The Wakefield line is coloured yellow on maps and publications by West Yorkshire Metro.^[1] The line was electrified in 1989, between Leeds & Wakefield Westgate, as part of the programme to electrify the East Coast Main Line.^[2][3]

The service connects Leeds and Wakefield with Sheffield and Doncaster with the section of the line between Leeds and Doncaster forming part of the East Coast Main Line.^[4] The local stopping service is operated by Northern with services between Leeds, Wakefield and either Doncaster or Sheffield. Inter-city operators are London North Eastern Railway, East Midlands Railway and CrossCountry who provide services from Leeds to London and the South of England.

Some sections of the line are shared with the Huddersfield (orange) and Pontefract lines (light blue).

West Yorkshire "Metrocards" are available for all trains as far as South Elmsall on the Doncaster section of the line and to Moorthorpe on the Sheffield section.^[5]