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Wakefield Railway Statistics

There are sixteen railway stations in Wakefield.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Wakefield Westgate 2,057,144
  2. 2 Wakefield Kirkgate 539,240
  3. 3 Castleford 424,144
  4. 4 Outwood 271,570
  5. 5 South Elmsall 270,292
  6. 6 Fitzwilliam 243,070
  7. 7 Pontefract Monkhill 211,310
  8. 8 Sandal and Agbrigg 189,996
  9. 9 Moorthorpe 181,058
  10. 10 Normanton 179,106

Least Used Stations

The five Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Pontefract Baghill 15,676
  2. 2 Streethouse 22,690
  3. 3 Featherstone 81,502
  4. 4 Pontefract Tanshelf 91,090
  5. 5 Glasshoughton 115,220

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for Glasshoughton peaked during 2016-17 with 6,304,092 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 24% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 0% by 2024.

Passenger Estimates for Glasshoughton table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-982,457,638
1998-992,710,454
1999-002,889,979
2000-012,696,098
2001-022,325,383
2002-032,507,991
2003-04 
2004-053,236,557
2005-063,524,371
2006-073,671,256
2007-083,873,933
2008-094,841,292
2009-104,728,836
2010-115,178,122
2011-125,334,006
2012-135,622,278
2013-145,866,220
2014-156,154,152
2015-166,154,152
2016-176,304,092
2017-186,083,810
2018-195,922,496
2019-205,955,630
2020-211,400,672
2021-224,213,226
2022-234,753,162
2023-24