Topic summary
Pontefract line
Leeds New Approach
to Fitzwilliam
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.