Wakefield

Wakefield
Description	This route covers the busy routes around Wakefield, West Yorkshire. This route contains the two main stations in Wakefield, Westgate and Kirkgate, as well as several surrounding stations.
Country	United Kingdom
Time period	2019
Train Operating Company	Northern, London North Eastern Railway, CrossCountry, Grand Central
Simulation difficulty
Author	Daniel Gill
Repository	Wakefield
Website	Wakefield
Rolling Stock	Class 142 Class 144 Class 150 Class 153 Class 156 Class 158 Class 170 Class 180 Class 195 Class 220 Class 221 Class 321 Class 322 Class 331 Class 800 Class 801 Class 43 + 7*Mk3 HST Class 91 + 9*Mk4
Route map Barnsley Huddersfield Darton Leeds Wakefield Westgate Sandal & Agbrigg Doncaster and Rotherham Wakefield Kirkgate Monk Bretton Redfearns Normanton Doncaster Streethouse Leeds Woodlesford Glasshoughton Castleford Pontefract York

This route covers the busy routes around Wakefield, West Yorkshire. This route contains the two main stations in Wakefield, Westgate and Kirkgate, as well as several surrounding stations.

This route is designed to be a continuation of Daniel Gill’s Penistone Line route.

Timetable

The included timetable starts at 0700 and is based on a weekday in the December 2019 timetable.

It contains the following services:

Wakefield Services
Train Operating Company	Origin	Destination	Frequency (tph)
Northern	Castleford	Huddersfield	1
	Leeds	Knottingley	2
		Goole	2tpd
		Doncaster	1
		Sheffield	2
		Nottingham	1
		Lincoln	1
London North Eastern Railway		London King's Cross	2
Grand Central	Bradford Interchange		4tpd
CrossCountry	Plymouth	Edinburgh Waverley	1

During the included timetable, no services will use the “Towards Doncaster”, “Monk Bretton Redfearns”, “Wakefield Europort” or “Towards York” continuations. It is also recommended that you remove the automatic route generated East of Castleford, as this may cause issues for trains turning around there.

The South platform at Castleford is not currently in use.