Streethouse railway station
Railway station in West Yorkshire, England
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Streethouse railway station serves the village of Streethouse in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Pontefract Line, operated by Northern Trains and is 4 miles (6 km) east of Wakefield Kirkgate station.
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Freightliner class 66/5 locomotive no. 66509 passes through platform 1 in August 2006 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Streethouse, City of Wakefield England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53.6762°N 1.4000°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SE397201 | ||||
| Manager | Northern Trains[1] | ||||
Transit authority | West Yorkshire Metro | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | SHC | ||||
| Fare zone | 3 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 12 May 1992 [2][3] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  7,174 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  18,282 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 18,970 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 22,690 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 25,606 | ||||
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The station was opened by West Yorkshire Metro and Regional Railways on 12 May 1992 when the line between Wakefield and Pontefract was re-opened to passenger traffic.[3]
History
The original L&YR station opened here in 1848 on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's line from Wakefield to Pontefract slightly up the line by the next curve in the direction of Wakefield Kirkgate.[4] It takes approximately 2 minutes to travel from the modern Streethouse station to the former Sharlston-Streethouse\Sharlston station, which closed to regular passengers in 1958[5][6] and then completely in 1967.[4][6] It was adjacent to a branch line and former junction to the now-closed local Sharlston coal mine.[3]
Services
On Monday to Saturday, there is an hourly service each way, to Leeds via both Wakefield stations and to Knottingley.[7] From December 2017, Sunday trains were introduced. On Sunday, trains run two-hourly between Knottingley and Leeds via Wakefield.
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Northern Trains | ||||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Wakefield Kirkgate | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway | Sharlston | ||
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