- Moorthorpe railway station
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Moorthorpe 
The view from platform 1 Location Place South Kirkby Local authority City of Wakefield Coordinates 53°35′42″N 1°18′18″W / 53.594920°N 1.304970°WCoordinates: 53°35′42″N 1°18′18″W / 53.594920°N 1.304970°W Grid reference SE460111 Operations Station code MRP Managed by Northern Rail Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 0.146 million 2005/06 * 
0.151 million2006/07 * 0.157 million2007/08 * 
0.154 million2008/09 * 0.204 millionPassenger Transport Executive PTE West Yorkshire (Metro) Zone 5(WYPTE)& Barnsley(SYPTE) History Opened 1879 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 passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Moorthorpe from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Moorthorpe railway station serves Moorthorpe, 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 Kirby 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.
A footbridge was opened at the station at the end of May 2010; previously passengers had to cross the tracks at a flat crossing.[1][2]
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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
- ^ Rail (631): p. 15.
- ^ "Moorthorpe bridge opens to improve pedestrian safety" (Press release). Network Rail. 2010-06-01. http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/Press-Releases/MOORTHORPE-BRIDGE-OPENS-TO-IMPROVE-PEDESTRIAN-SAFETY-146f/SearchCategoryID-4.aspx. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
External links
- Train times and station information for Moorthorpe railway station from National Rail
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Northern Rail Northern Rail Railway stations in West Yorkshire MetroTrain lines ■ Airedale · ■ Caldervale · ■ Dearne Valley · ■ Hallam · ■ Harrogate · ■ Huddersfield · ■ Leeds-Bradford · ■ Penistone · ■ Pontefract · ■ Wakefield · ■ Wharfedale · ■ York & Selby
City of Bradford Calderdale Kirklees Batley · Berry Brow · Brockholes · Deighton · Denby Dale · Dewsbury · Honley · Huddersfield · Lockwood · Marsden · Mirfield · Ravensthorpe · Shepley · Slaithwaite · StocksmoorCity of Leeds Bramley · Burley Park · Cottingley · Cross Gates · East Garforth · Garforth · Guiseley · Headingley · Horsforth · Leeds · Micklefield · Morley · New Pudsey · WoodlesfordCity 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 WestgateOutside West Yorkshire,
but within the
West Yorkshire Metro areaCategories:- Railway stations in Wakefield
- Former Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway stations
- Railway stations served by Northern Rail
- DfT Category F1 stations
- Yorkshire and the Humber railway station stubs
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