Pontefract line

Pontefract line
A Northern Trains Class 158 at Pontefract Monkhill, August 2021
Overview
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	Yorkshire and the Humber
Termini	Leeds, Wakefield Westgate, Goole
Stations	16
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map (Click to expand)

Pontefract Line
Selby Line Leeds Wakefield, Airedale, and Huddersfield lines Leeds New Approach Leeds Hunslet Lane Hunslet Middleton Railway E&WYUR Woodlesford Methley North Methley Junction Methley Joint Railway Methley South Altofts and Whitwood Castleford Cutsyke Hallam line Castleford Castleford–Garforth line to Sherburn-in-Elmet Glasshoughton Hallam line Wakefield line to Leeds / to Doncaster Wakefield Westgate Wakefield Kirkgate North Midland Railway to Fitzwilliam Dearne Valley Railway Crofton Sharlston Streethouse Featherstone Pontefract Tanshelf Pontefract Monkhill to Pontefract Baghill Dearne Valley line Knottingley Askern branch line Whitley Bridge Hensall East Coast Main Line Hull and Barnsley Railway H&B and GC Joint Railway Snaith Rawcliffe Selby–Goole line Hull and Doncaster Branch to Doncaster Goole (L&Y) Goole Hull and Doncaster Branch to Hull

The Pontefract line is a West Yorkshire Metro railway route in Yorkshire, England. The route links Wakefield and Leeds with Goole, via Pontefract. The Metro timetable for the line also includes services operated as the Dearne Valley line between York and Sheffield via Pontefract.

The line, which passes through the former mining areas to the east of Wakefield and Castleford, has the greatest number of stations opened by the West Yorkshire Metro. MetroCards are available on the route as far as Knottingley; a limited service continues to Goole by this route.