Pontefract Tanshelf is the most central of the three railway stations that serve the market town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Pontefract Line, 8 miles east of Wakefield Ki
The view from platform 1, with a Class 156 diesel multiple unit (DMU) calling, August 2006
A Class 141 DMU at the platform, June 1996
Class 142 and Class 150 DMUs in multiple at the station, July 2019
Pontefract Monkhill is the busiest railway station in the market town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Pontefract Line, 14 miles south-east of Leeds. The station is managed by
Pontefract Tanshelf railway station
…to serve Leeds via Castleford. The present station was opened by West Yorkshire Metro on 11 May 1992, when the line between Wakefield Kirkgate and Pontefract Monkhill was reopened. Both platforms of Tanshelf are step-free…
A Class 153 diesel multiple unit at platform 2, July 2006
The station in July 1987
Platform 1