Glasshoughton  | |||||
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 Glasshoughton Station in August 2017 with Xscape behind | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Glasshoughton,City of Wakefield England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°42′31″N1°20′26″W / 53.70861°N 1.34056°W /53.70861; -1.34056 | ||||
| Grid reference | SE436237 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern | ||||
| Transit authority | West Yorkshire Metro | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | GLH | ||||
| Fare zone | 3 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 21 February 2005 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.160 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  26,134 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  99,294 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.113 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.115 million | ||||
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Glasshoughton railway station servesGlasshoughton,Castleford inWest Yorkshire, England. It lies on thePontefract Line, operated byNorthern, 12 miles (19 km) south-east ofLeeds.
It was opened byWest Yorkshire Metro on 21 February 2005.[1] It is located near to theXscape indoor ski slope and leisure complex nearCastleford, all of which occupy the former site of Glasshoughton Colliery[2] which ceased winding coal in 1986.[3]
Demand for the new station was seriously under-estimated by Metro. For example, passenger journeys in 2008/09 were forecast to be 50,989 but were actually 135,279. This was chiefly because usage was modelled on the basis of demand for travel by current local residents and businesses only. No attempt was made to estimate possible travel to the station for local retail and leisure attractions, nor possible travel by people driving to the 100-space car park on apark and ride basis, e.g. from the nearbyM62. Demand from future residential developments at Glasshoughton was also ignored.[4]
The station is unstaffed but has two ticket machines, one on each platform; passengers must buy their tickets in advance, on the train, or at their destination (if available). It has waiting shelters, customer help points, timetable poster boards, digital CIS displays on each platform, and an automatic announcement system to offer train running information. Step-free access is available to both platforms via ramps from the footbridge, which connects to the car park and station entrance.[5]
There is an hourly service toLeeds andKnottingley Monday through Saturday (plus one single afternoon service through toGoole), and a service every two hours in each direction on Sunday.[6]
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Northern |
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