Moorthorpe railway station
Moorthorpe railway station serves the village of Moorthorpe and town of South Kirkby in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Wakefield Line and the Dearne Valley Line, 18+1⁄4 miles north of Sheffield and is served by Northern Trains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in West Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Moorthorpe Railway Station”, “Moorthorpe Station”, and “MRP”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include South Elmsall Library and Church of All Saints, South Kirby.
South Elmsall Library
Library
Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Elmsall Library is situated 2,300 feet east of Moorthorpe railway station.
Church of All Saints, South Kirby
Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of All Saints, South Kirby is situated 2,700 feet west of Moorthorpe railway station.
Minsthorpe Community College
College
Photo: DagmaraZofia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Minsthorpe Community College is a coeducational secondary school with academy status in South Elmsall, West Yorkshire, England. It is specifically for students aged eleven to eighteen. Minsthorpe Community College is situated 3,500 feet northeast of Moorthorpe railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moorthorpe and South Kirkby.
Moorthorpe
Suburb
Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Moorthorpe is a village in the civil parish of South Kirkby and Moorthorpe in the City of Wakefield district of West Yorkshire, England. It is governed by South Kirkby and Moorthorpe Town Council.
South Kirkby
Village
Photo: Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Kirkby is a town in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England which is governed locally by South Kirkby and Moorthorpe Town Council. The town forms half of the civil parish of South Kirkby and Moorthorpe. The parish has a population of 10,979.
South Elmsall
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Elmsall is a town and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. South Elmsall lies to the east of Hemsworth. The town had a population in 2001 of 6,107, increasing to 6,519 at the 2011 Census.
Moorthorpe railway station
- Category: transportation
- Location: South Kirkby and Moorthorpe, Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.59489° or 53° 35′ 42″ northLongitude
-1.30481° or 1° 18′ 17″ westElevation
144 feet (44 metres)Operator
Northern TrainsNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“MRP”Open location code
9C5WHMVW+X3OpenStreetMap ID
node 7452565688OpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationGeoNames ID
6953166Wikidata ID
Q2386115
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Moorthorpe railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Moorthorpe”
- Dutch: “Station Moorthorpe”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة مورثورپ”
- French: “gare de Moorthorpe”
- French: “Moorthorpe”
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