Pontefract Baghill railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Pontefract Baghill
code = PFR


manager = Northern Rail
locale = Pontefract
borough = City of Wakefield
pte = West Yorkshire (Metro)
zone = 3
lowusage0405 = 53
lowusage0506 = 106
lowusage0607 = 64,802
start =
platforms = 2 |

Pontefract Baghill railway station is the least busy of the three railway stations in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. The other stations, Monkhill and Tanshelf, both lie on the Pontefract Line, while Baghill lies on the Dearne Valley Line 21¼ miles (34 km) south of York towards Sheffield.

In the Strategic Rail Authority's 2002/3 financial year, only 15 people bought tickets for journeys from Pontefract Baghill station, and 21 bought tickets for journeys ending there, [ The usage information (Station Entries and Station Exits) is based on ticket sales in the financial year 2002/03 and covers all National Rail stations. By 2004/05 the figure has risen to 53.

[http://www.sra.gov.uk/pubs2/performance_statistics/stat_usage/stat_usage_notes.pdf Continued usage notes] , and [http://www.sra.gov.uk/pubs2/performance_statistics/stat_usage/stat_usage.exc Excel format table for all stations] available.] making it the sixth least busy station in the United Kingdom.

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The low level of usage can be attributed to there being only two trains each day serving the station northbound to York and southbound to Sheffield.

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