The Castleford and Pontefract Monkhill Line
The Castleford and Pontefract Monkhill Line runs for 3.2 miles between Castleford and Pontefract Monkhill, serving 3 stations, with a top line speed of 40 mph.
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The line in numbers
| Length | 3.2 miles end to end |
|---|---|
| Track | about 6 miles, counting every running line |
| Stations | 3 |
| Top line speed | 40 mph |
| Passengers a year | 824,956 entries and exits across its stations |
Stations on this line
- Castleford487,384 a year
- Glasshoughton108,944 a year
- Pontefract Monkhill228,628 a year
The busiest station on the line is Castleford, 487,384 entries and exits a year and 877th busiest in Britain.
Lines it meets
Normanton and Colton Junction Line, Pontefract Line, Wakefield and Goole Line.
Passenger figures are the Office of Rail and Road's estimates of station usage for 2024-25, added up across the stations on this line. They count entries and exits at those stations rather than journeys along the line, and a station served by more than one line is counted for each of them.