Outwood railway station

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Outwood
Location
Place	Outwood
Local authority	Wakefield
Operations
Station code	OUT
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.166 million
2005/06 *	0.187 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Zone	2
History
Key dates	Opened July 12th 1988
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Outwood from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Outwood railway station is situated in the Outwood district of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England.

Outwood is the first stop on the Wakefield Line 7½ miles (12km) after Leeds for trains going towards Wakefield Westgate, Doncaster and Sheffield.

The station was opened on 12 July 1988 and is on the site of the former Lofthouse station which was closed in the 1960s.

[edit] Services

Monday to Saturdays two trains per hour head northbound to Leeds and southbound one train per hour goes to both Doncaster and Sheffield via Wakefield Westgate.

Sundays there is generally an hourly service to Leeds and a two-hourly service to Doncaster and Sheffield respectively.

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Outwood railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Wakefield Westgate		Northern Rail Wakefield Line		Leeds

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