Fitzwilliam railway station

Fitzwilliam
43112 passing through at speed
Location
Place	Fitzwilliam
Local authority	City of Wakefield
Coordinates	53.6326°N 1.3745°W / 53.6326; -1.3745
Grid reference	SE414153
Operations
Station code	FZW
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.105 million
2005/06 *	0.116 million
2006/07 *	0.126 million
2007/08 *	0.142 million
2008/09 *	0.191 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Zone	4
History
1 March 1982	Opened
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Fitzwilliam from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Fitzwilliam railway station is in the village of Fitzwilliam near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

The station is on the Wakefield Line operated by Northern Rail. Trains operate from Fitzwilliam to Leeds via Wakefield Westgate, Doncaster and Sheffield.

The station opened on 1 March 1982 - there had previously been a station of the same name situated a short distance further north that had been opened by the LNER in 1937, but this closed in 1967.

Services

Monday to Saturdays, a half-hourly service operates towards Wakefield Westgate and Leeds and an hourly service operates both to Doncaster and to Sheffield.

On Sundays, an hourly service operates to Wakefield Westgate and Leeds and a two-hourly service to Doncaster and Sheffield respectively.

External links

• Train times and station information for Fitzwilliam railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Moorthorpe		Northern Rail Wakefield Line		Sandal and Agbrigg
South Elmsall