Outwood railway station is situated in the Outwood district of

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. Outwood is the first stop on the Wakefield Line after

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History

The original station was opened by the Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway in 1858, and was originally named ''Lofthouse''. This was renamed ''Lofthouse and Outwood'' in July 1865. It closed on 13 June 1960. A different Lofthouse and Outwood station, which was on a different route, opened in 1876 and closed in 1958. The station was reopened on 12 July 1988.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and has two wooden platforms with waiting shelters, customer help points, digital display screens, timetable posters and automated train announcements provide running information. Level access to both platforms is via ramps.

Services

Monday to Saturdays two trains per hour head northbound to

and southbound one train per hour goes to

and one to

, both operate via . In addition, the

service also goes via . Sundays there is generally an hourly service to Leeds and a two-hourly service to Doncaster and Sheffield respectively.

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Railway stations in Wakefield DfT Category F1 stations Former Great Northern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1858 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1960 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1988 Reopened railway stations in Great Britain Northern franchise railway stations {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub