Glasshoughton railway station

Glasshoughton
Platform 2, July 2006
Location
Place	Glasshoughton
Local authority	City of Wakefield
Coordinates	53.70861°N 1.34056°W / 53.70861; -1.34056
Grid reference	SE436237
Operations
Station code	GLH
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	2,104
2005/06 *	34,936
2006/07 *	82,911
2007/08 *	0.122 million
2008/09 *	0.145 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Zone	3
History
Opened February 21, 2005 (February 21, 2005)
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 Glasshoughton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Glasshoughton railway station serves Glasshoughton, near Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Pontefract Line, operated by Northern Rail, 12 miles (19 km) south east from Leeds.

The station is currently one of the newest on the network, opened by Metro (West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive) on 21 February 2005. It is located near to the Xscape indoor ski slope and leisure complex near Castleford.

Services

There is hourly service to Leeds and Knottingley Monday through Saturday, and a service every two hours in each direction on Sunday.

External links

• Train times and station information for Glasshoughton railway station from National Rail
• Metro's announcement of the opening of the station

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Pontefract Monkhill		Northern Rail Pontefract Line		Castleford

Platform 1