Pontefract Tanshelf railway station

Pontefract Tanshelf
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General information
Location	City of Wakefield
Managed by	Northern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	POT
Fare zone	3
Key dates
1871	opened
2 January 1967	closed
12 May 1992	reopened

Pontefract Tanshelf railway station is the most central station in the town of Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England, and serves Pontefract Races, the racecourse located just down the street from the station. It lies on the Pontefract Line operated by Northern and is 8 miles (13 km) east of Wakefield Kirkgate. In the days of coal mining in the Pontefract area, the station served the needs of the local workforce with regular and frequent services timed for the beginning and the end of mining shifts.

The present station was opened by West Yorkshire Metro on 12 May 1992, when the line between Wakefield and Pontefract was re-opened.

The other stations in the town are Pontefract Monkhill and Pontefract Baghill.

Services

On Monday to Saturday, there is an hourly service to Wakefield Kirkgate and also hourly Knottingley, but there are no trains to Tanshelf station on Sunday, despite the fact Pontefract Races have regular Sunday meetings throughout the spring and summer.^[1]

The original service used to run from Wakefield Westgate, but instead now starts from and terminates at Wakefield Kirkgate Station. Train services to Knottingley via Pontefract are timed to arrive and leave Kirkgate Station for connecting trains to Huddersfield, Halifax, Bradford, and Leeds, for the benefit of shoppers, tourists, and racegoers. New Northern franchise operator Arriva Rail North plans to extend the service through to Westgate and on to Leeds once the new franchise agreement comes into effect in April 2016. A new two-hourly Sunday service will also be introduced.^[2]

References

^ GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 32
^ Northern Franchise Improvements - DfT

External links

Media related to Pontefract Tanshelf railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Train times and station information for Pontefract Tanshelf railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Featherstone		Northern Pontefract Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Pontefract Monkhill

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[1] GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 32

[2] Northern Franchise Improvements - DfT

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v t e Railway stations in West Yorkshire
Lists	List of busiest railway stations in West Yorkshire
MetroTrain lines	■ Airedale ■ Calder Valley ■ Dearne Valley ■ Hallam ■ Harrogate ■ Huddersfield ■ Leeds–Bradford ■ Penistone ■ Pontefract ■ Wakefield ■ Wharfedale
City of Bradford	Apperley Bridge Baildon Ben Rhydding Bingley Bradford Forster Square Bradford Interchange Burley-in-Wharfedale Crossflatts Frizinghall Ilkley Low Moor Keighley Menston Saltaire Shipley Steeton and Silsden
Calderdale	Brighouse Halifax Hebden Bridge Mytholmroyd Sowerby Bridge Todmorden Walsden
Kirklees	Batley Berry Brow Brockholes Deighton Denby Dale Dewsbury Honley Huddersfield Lockwood Marsden Mirfield Ravensthorpe Shepley Slaithwaite Stocksmoor
City of Leeds	Bramley Burley Park Cottingley Cross Gates East Garforth Garforth Guiseley Headingley Horsforth Kirkstall Forge Leeds Micklefield Morley New Pudsey Woodlesford
City of Wakefield	Castleford Featherstone Fitzwilliam Glasshoughton Knottingley Moorthorpe Normanton Outwood Pontefract Baghill Pontefract Monkhill Pontefract Tanshelf Sandal and Agbrigg South Elmsall Streethouse Wakefield Kirkgate Wakefield Westgate
Outside West Yorkshire, but within the West Yorkshire Metro area	Cononley Darton Harrogate Hornbeam Park Pannal Skipton Weeton