Fitzwilliam railway station
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Fitzwilliam railway station is in the small village of Fitzwilliam, West Yorkshire, England. It is also the closest station to the nearby town of Hemsworth.
General information | |||||
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Location | Fitzwilliam, City of Wakefield England | ||||
Coordinates | 53.6326°N 1.3745°W / 53.6326; -1.3745 | ||||
Grid reference | SE414153 | ||||
Managed by | Northern | ||||
Transit authority | West Yorkshire (Metro) | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | FZW | ||||
Fare zone | 4 | ||||
Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
Key dates | |||||
1 June 1937 | Original station opened as "Fitzwilliam Halt" | ||||
6 November 1967 | Original station closed[1] | ||||
1 March 1982 | New station opened[1] | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.282 million | ||||
Interchange | 925 | ||||
2019/20 | 0.290 million | ||||
Interchange | 426 | ||||
2020/21 | 78,978 | ||||
Interchange | 184 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.198 million | ||||
Interchange | 402 | ||||
2022/23 | 0.239 million | ||||
Interchange | 833 | ||||
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The station is on the Wakefield Line operated by Northern. Trains run from Fitzwilliam to Leeds via Wakefield Westgate, Doncaster and Sheffield.
The current station was opened on 1 March 1982[1] as one of series of improvements to local rail services made by the West Yorkshire PTE (Passenger Transport Executive).[2] This replaced the LNER station several hundred metres to the north, which opened as "Fitzwilliam Halt" on 1 July 1937 but fell victim to the Beeching cuts within little more than 30 years, closing on 6 November 1967.[1][3] Unlike its modern incarnation, the original station consisted of a single island platform, accessed from the adjacent road bridge.[2] The line was electrified in 1988.