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Woodlesford railway station
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| Woodlesford | |||
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| Location | |||
| Place | Woodlesford | ||
| Local authority | City of Leeds | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | WDS | ||
| Managed by | Northern Rail | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 ** | 0.156 million | ||
| Passenger Transport Executive | |||
| PTE | West Yorkshire (Metro) | ||
| Zone | 2 | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 1840 | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Woodlesford. | |||
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Woodlesford railway station serves Woodlesford in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Hallam Line and the Pontefract Line.
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.
The station opened in 1840 as part of the original North Midland Railway from Derby to Leeds, Hunslet Lane. The line was built by George Stephenson. It was later absorbed into the Midland Railway and in 1923 became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway company. On the creation of the nationalised British Railways in 1948 it became part of the North Eastern region. Throughout the early part of the 20th century the station had a thriving goods business with coal trains from the nearby Water Haigh colliery, and sidings serving Armitage brickworks and Bentley's Yorkshire Brewery. There was also parcels traffic for the Rothwell Urban District and homing pigeons were dispatched by fanciers to all parts of the country.
- Train times and station information for Woodlesford railway station from National Rail
- Map and aerial photo of Woodlesford railway station from Multimap.com
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Castleford | Northern Rail Hallam Line |
Leeds | ||
| Castleford | Northern Rail Pontefract Line |
Leeds | ||