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Tarun Jaswani
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2008-11-01 03:26:10 |
Wakefield Westgate is the mainline railway station for the city of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It is located on the western edge of the main city centre, on the opposite side from Wakefield's other station, Kirkgate. The station is managed by National Express East Coast, whose services run south, from platform 1, to Doncaster, Newark, Grantham, Retford, Peterborough, Stevenage and London King's cross and north, from platform 2, to Outwood, Leeds and further north to York, Newcastle upon Tyne and Scotland operated by CrossCountry.
There is generally a half hourly service from Wakefield to London which takes approximately just over 2 hours for the 175 mile (283km) journey. The service is well used by people from the Wakefield district for travel to the capital. The station is also served by CrossCountry, Northern Rail and East Midlands Trains. CrossCountry operate train services to Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow to the north and services to Birmingham, Bournemouth and the South West of England. There is an hourly service in each direction.
The Wakefield line is the name given to one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro/South Yorkshire P.T.E. area of northern England. The service connects Leeds and Wakefield with Sheffield and Doncaster. The section of the line between Leeds and Doncaster forms part of the East Coast Main Line. The local stopping service is operated by Northern Rail; it is supplemented by frequent InterCity services between Leeds, Wakefield and either Doncaster or Sheffield.
Long distance services using this line as part of longer journeys are run by GNER, East Midlands Trains and CrossCountry. Parts of the line over which the Wakefield Line trains run are also used by the Huddersfield and Pontefract Lines.
There are two railway stations in the city centre, Wakefield Westgate (trains mainly to Leeds, Doncaster, Sheffield and stations on the East Coast Mainline, including the terminus at London King's Cross) and Wakefield Kirkgate (trains to Barnsley, Meadowhall, Sheffield, Normanton, Pontefract, Knottingley, Leeds and Castleford) as well as the Sandal & Agbrigg station on the East Coast Mainline, just to the south of the main Westgate station.
Wakefield Westgate station is maintained by National Express East Coast (NXEC), who operate the Leeds-London service, and is manned with facilities such as secure car parking, ticket office and shops. In contrast, Wakefield Kirkgate station is unmanned, and there is no ticket office or machine. Most of the windows at the front of the station are boarded up, and the grade 2 listed pub opposite, The Wakefield Arms, has stood derelict for the last 3 years.Kirkgate station is operated by Northern Rail.
A second service to London is provided by East Midlands Trains with trains running via Sheffield, Leicester and into St Pancras International. Following the success of the FreeCityBus in Leeds, and the FreeTown Bus in Huddersfield, a six month trial of a zero-fare Wakefield FreeCityBus scheme began on 23rd April 2007.
The route connects key locations in the city including the bus station, railway stations, retail parks and shopping areas. The service runs every 10 minutes between 7:30am to 7:00pm, Monday to Friday and 8:30am to 5:00pm on Saturdays. Four hundred and fifty passengers used the service on its first running day. |
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