Fitzwilliam railway station is in the small village of
Fitzwilliam, West Yorkshire
Fitzwilliam is a small village on the edge of West Yorkshire, England, in the City of Wakefield district. The village falls within the Hemsworth ward of Wakefield City Council.
Governance
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,
England
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. It is also the closest station to the nearby town of
Hemsworth
Hemsworth is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. Historic counties of England, Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire and had a population of 13,311 at the 2001 census, ...
.
The
station
Station may refer to:
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is on the
Wakefield Line operated by
Northern
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Geography
* North
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. Trains run from Fitzwilliam to
Leeds
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via
Wakefield Westgate,
Doncaster
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and
Sheffield
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.
The current station was opened on 1 March 1982
as one of series of improvements to local rail services made by the
West Yorkshire PTE (Passenger Transport Executive).
This replaced the
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*London and North Eastern Railway (1923–1947), a former railway company in the United Kingdom
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station several hundred metres to the north, which opened as "Fitzwilliam Halt" on 1 July 1937 but fell victim to the
Beeching cuts
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within little more than 30 years, closing on 6 November 1967.
Unlike its modern incarnation, the original station consisted of a single island platform, accessed from the adjacent road bridge.
The line was electrified in 1988.
Facilities
The station is unstaffed and has two wooden platforms, with waiting shelters on each side. There is a ticket machine in place to allow intending passengers to buy these prior to boarding or collect advance purchase tickets. A customer help point is located on platform 2 and running information is also provided by means of digital CIS displays, timetable posters and automated train announcements. Step-free access to both platforms is possible via ramps from the main road.
Services
On Monday to Saturdays, a half-hourly service operates towards Wakefield Westgate and Leeds and an hourly service operates both to Doncaster and to Sheffield.
On Sundays, the same frequency operates as during the week (since the May 2019 timetable change), but starting later in the day.
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Railway stations in Wakefield
DfT Category F1 stations
Former London and North Eastern Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1937
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1967
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1982
Railway stations served by Northern
Beeching closures in England
1937 establishments in England
Hemsworth
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