Ferrybridge railway station
- Ferrybridge railway station
Infobox UK station
name = Ferrybridge Railway Station
manager =
locale = Ferrybridge
borough = City of Wakefield
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caption =
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years = 1882
events = Opened
years1 = 1965
events1 = Closed
Ferrybridge Railway Station was a rail station located in Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire, England on the London and North Eastern Line. The station was opened in 1882 by the North Eastern Railway, [Body, pp 68,69] three years after the completion of the Swinton & Knottingley Joint line via Moorthorpe on 1 May 1879 and closed in 1965.
Location
From Ferrybridge Railway Station, stations such as Pontefract Baghill (which still remains open today) and Ackworth (closed in 1951) would be reached as well as other stations to Sheffield. Heading North from Ferrybridge stations such as Milford Junction (closed 1904), Monk Fryston (closed 1959) and Burton Salmon (closed 1959) could be reached, as well as other stations to York.
History
Prior to the opening of Ferrybridge Railway Station there was no direct link between York and Knottingley. This meant that a link between Burton Salmon, Ferrybridge and Knottingley needed to be built, this was completed in 1850. Services from Knottingley ended in 1947 but the station still received calls from Sheffield to York local trains until closure in November 1965.
Notes
References
*Body, G. (1988), "PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2", Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough, ISBN 1-85260-072-1
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