Moorthorpe railway station
Moorthorpe 
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The restored Moorthorpe railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Moorthorpe |
| Local authority | City of Wakefield |
| Coordinates | 53°35′42″N 1°18′18″W / 53.5949°N 1.3050°WCoordinates: 53°35′42″N 1°18′18″W / 53.5949°N 1.3050°W |
| Grid reference | SE460111 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | MRP |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.200 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.227 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.241 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.264 million |
| 2015/16 |
 0.263 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | West Yorkshire (Metro) |
| Zone | 5(WYPTE)& Barnsley(SYPTE) |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Moorthorpe from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Moorthorpe railway station serves Moorthorpe and South Kirkby, near Pontefract, in the City of Wakefield district of West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Wakefield Line and the Dearne Valley Line, 18 1⁄4 miles (29.4 km) north of Sheffield and is served by Northern.
The station was opened in May 1879, jointly by the Midland Railway and North Eastern Railway, as part of their Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway scheme. A short chord was also built at the same time to link the S&K Joint line with the main Doncaster to Leeds line at South Kirkby Junction. Upon opening, Moorthorpe marked the northern limit of the part of the line maintained by the Midland Railway; the southern end of the intersection bridge over the Doncaster to Leeds line, marked the actual boundary. North of that point, the North Eastern Railway undertook the maintenance. Moorthorpe station is of North Eastern Railway design, as is Pontefract Baghill.
This latter connection is now part of the main line between Sheffield and Leeds, and is used by CrossCountry services between Edinburgh Waverley and Birmingham New Street, and beyond. In addition, local trains on the Leeds – Rotherham Central – Sheffield route (Wakefield Line) use the spur and call at the station. This connecting line is now effectively the main line, and it splits from the S & K route immediately north of the station, with the track to York then bridging the GNR main line on its way northwards. This junction (and the adjacent loops to the south of the station) was controlled from the nearby Midland Railway signal box until May 2011, but following signalling equipment renewal work the area is now under the control of the ROC at York.
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