Whitley Bridge  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Eggborough,North Yorkshire England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°41′57″N1°09′32″W / 53.699100°N 1.158900°W /53.699100; -1.158900 | ||||
| Grid reference | SE556228 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | WBD | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1 April 1848 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  62 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  462 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 906 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 1,202 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 860 | ||||
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Whitley Bridge railway station serves the villages ofEggborough andWhitley inNorth Yorkshire, England. It is located on thePontefract Line and is 20 miles (32 km) east ofLeeds. It was opened by theLancashire and Yorkshire Railway on 1 April 1848, on their line betweenWakefield Kirkgate andGoole viaKnottingley.
The station is unstaffed and has only basic amenities – no permanent buildings remain other than standard glass and metal shelters on each platform. There is a single customer help point on platform 1 (eastbound) and timetable posters on both sides to provide train running information. No ticket facilities are provided, so passengers can buy their tickets either on the train or at their destination. Step-free access is available to both platforms via thelevel crossing at the Goole end of the station.[1]
Whitley Bridge has a limited service – Monday to Saturdays, one (early evening) train a day goes toGoole and two per day go to Leeds (one in the morning business peak and the other mid-evening). There is no Sunday service.[2] Trains operate on Bank holidays.
The sparse timetable continues to operate mainly to meetNorthern's franchise obligations and to avoid the need for the Knottingley to Goole line to be put through the formal closure process.[3] The line is however also used for freight traffic to/fromDrax Power Station.
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