Moorthorpe railway station
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The restored Moorthorpe railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Moorthorpe |
| Local authority | City of Wakefield |
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| Grid reference | SE460111 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | MRP |
| 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 | 0.146 million |
| 2005/06 |  0.151 million |
| 2006/07 | 0.157 million |
| 2007/08 |  0.154 million |
| 2008/09 | 0.204 million |
| 2009/10 | 0.183 million |
| 2010/11 | 0.191 million |
| 2011/12 | 0.200 million |
| 2012/13 | 0.227 million |
| 2013/14 | 0.241 million |
| 2014/15 | 0.264 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | West Yorkshire (Metro) |
| Zone | 5(WYPTE)& Barnsley(SYPTE) |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1879 |
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Moorthorpe railway station serves Moorthorpe and South Kirkby, near Pontefract, in the City of Wakefield district of West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Dearne Valley Line and the Wakefield Line both operated by Northern Rail.
The station was opened in May 1879 jointly by the Midland Railway and North Eastern Railway as part of their Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway scheme. A short chord was also built some time later (after the 1923 Grouping) to link the S&K Joint line with the main Doncaster to Leeds line at South Kirkby Junction.
This latter connection is now part of the main line between Sheffield and Leeds and is used by CrossCountry services between Edinburgh Waverley and Birmingham New Street and beyond in addition to local trains on the Leeds - Rotherham Central - Sheffield route (Wakefield Line). The junction of the two lines is immediately north of the station, with the line to York then bridging the GNR main line on its way northwards.
After the station was reduced to the status of an unstaffed halt in the 1970s, the station building was converted into a pub. This closed in the 1980s and the building became derelict. However it has recently been restored by the town council, with funding from the Railway Heritage Trust, to include office space, a community cafe and a booking office.[1][2]
A footbridge was opened at the station at the end of May 2010; previously passengers had to cross the tracks at a flat crossing.[3][4]
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Services
Monday to Saturdays, an hourly service operates from Moorthorpe to Leeds via Wakefield Westgate and to Sheffield. Sundays the service is two-hourly in both directions.
Two services daily operate on the Dearne Valley line to York and Sheffield.
The station is less than 1 mile (1.6 km) away from South Elmsall railway station which means the South Kirkby/South Elmsall area has a half hourly service (hourly Sundays) to Leeds.
The station is less than 1 mile (1.6 km) away from Frickley Athletic F.C.
Tickets
The station is in West Yorkshire but South Yorkshire PTE tickets are valid to and from this station on services into South Yorkshire.
References
External links
- Train times and station information for Moorthorpe railway station from National Rail
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