Wakefield Railway Statistics

There are sixteen railway stations in Wakefield.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Wakefield Westgate 1,937,112
  2. 2 Wakefield Kirkgate 507,772
  3. 3 Castleford 410,456
  4. 4 South Elmsall 268,438
  5. 5 Outwood 242,272
  6. 6 Fitzwilliam 239,232
  7. 7 Pontefract Monkhill 198,034
  8. 8 Sandal and Agbrigg 175,176
  9. 9 Normanton 172,102
  10. 10 Moorthorpe 159,802

Least Used Stations

The five Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Pontefract Baghill 9,638
  2. 2 Streethouse 18,970
  3. 3 Featherstone 65,072
  4. 4 Pontefract Tanshelf 85,368
  5. 5 Glasshoughton 113,296

Passenger Numbers

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

Usage dropped to 24% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 80% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Wakefield 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