Glasshoughton railway station
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Platform 2, July 2006
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| Location | |
| Place | Glasshoughton |
| Local authority | City of Wakefield |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Grid reference | SE436237 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | GLH |
| Managed by | Northern Rail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| 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 |
| 2009/10 |  0.144 million |
| 2010/11 | 0.138 million |
| 2011/12 | 0.139 million |
| 2012/13 | 0.180 million |
| 2013/14 | 0.178 million |
| 2014/15 | 0.181 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | West Yorkshire (Metro) |
| Zone | 3 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened February 21, 2005 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
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| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Glasshoughton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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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.
It was 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.
Demand for the new station was seriously under-estimated by Metro. For example, passenger journeys in 2008/09 were forecast to be 50,989 but were actually 135,279. This was chiefly because usage was modelled on the basis of demand for travel by current local residents and businesses only. No attempt was made to estimate possible travel to the station for local retail and leisure attractions, nor possible travel by people driving to the 100-space car park on a park and ride basis, e.g. from the nearby M62. Demand from future residential developments at Glasshoughton was also ignored.[1]
Services
There is hourly service to Leeds and Knottingley Monday through Saturday, and a service every two hours in each direction on Sunday.
References
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External links
- Train times and station information for Glasshoughton railway station from National Rail
- Metro's announcement of the opening of the station
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