Featherstone  | |||||
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 The view from platform 1, 158905 in Northern livery arriving at platform 1 in September 2024 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Featherstone,City of Wakefield England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°40′45″N1°21′27″W / 53.6793°N 1.3574°W /53.6793; -1.3574 | ||||
| Grid reference | SE425205 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Transit authority | West Yorkshire Metro | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | FEA | ||||
| Fare zone | 3 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 April 1848 (1848-04-01) | Station opened | ||||
| 2 January 1967 | Station closed | ||||
| 12 May 1992 | Station reopened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  76,146 | ||||
| 2020/21 |  26,092 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 62,352 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 65,072 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 81,502 | ||||
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Featherstone railway station serves the town ofFeatherstone inWest Yorkshire,England. It lies on thePontefract Line, operated byNorthern Trains, 6 miles (10 km) east ofWakefield Kirkgate railway station.
The current station was opened byWest Yorkshire Metro on 12 May 1992 when the line betweenWakefield andPontefract 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station on the same site had been closed in January 1967 when passenger services between Wakefield and Pontefract were withdrawn as a result of theBeeching Axe.
During Monday to Saturday, there are hourly train services toLeeds via Wakefield and toKnottingley viaPontefract Monkhill.[1] There are now trains on Sundays. These run two-hourly between Knottingley and Leeds via Wakefield.
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