Woodlesford railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Woodlesford
code = WDS


manager = Northern Rail
locale = Woodlesford
borough = City of Leeds
pte = West Yorkshire (Metro)
zone = 2
usage0405 = 0.156
usage0506 = 0.170
start = 1840
platforms = 2

Woodlesford railway station serves Woodlesford in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Hallam Line and the Pontefract Line.

ervice

Monday to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service to Leeds and an hourly service to Sheffield on the Hallam Line and hourly towards Knottingley on the Pontefract Line.

Sundays, there is an hourly service to Leeds and train every two hours to Sheffield and Knottingley respectively.

History

The station was opened in 1840 and formed part of the original North Midland Railway from Derby to Leeds built by George Stephenson. [Pixton, B., (2000) "North Midland: Portrait of a Famous Route," Cheltenham: Runpast Publishing] During the early 20th century, coal trains from the nearby Water Haigh colliery provided regular goods traffic, as did the Armitage brickworks and Bentley's Yorkshire Brewery which had their own sidings. Parcels headed for the nearby town of Rothwell were unloaded here.

References

External links

The Story of Woodlesford Station http://www.woodlesfordstation.co.uk