Wakefield Westgate railway station is a mainline railway station in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It is 10 miles (16 km) south of Leeds to the west of the city centre, on the Wakefield Line and Leeds branch of the East Coast Main Line.
A CrossCountry Voyager train calls at Wakefield Westgate station in July 2016
Entrance to the 1867 station near the bridge on Westgate, photo taken in July 2008
The new concourse, photo taken in April 2014
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Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 109,766 in the 2021 census, up from 99,251 in the 2011 census. The city is the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, which had a 2022 population of 357,729, the 26th most populous district in England. It is part of the West Yorkshire Built-up Area and the Yorkshire and The Humber region.
Image: Wakefield 1 (cropped)
Image: Fountain, Bull Ring, Wakefield geograph.org.uk 5825891
Image: The (new) Town Hall, Wood Street, Wakefield
Image: Wakefield Cathedral from east