Pontefract Tanshelf railway station

Pontefract Tanshelf is the most central of the three railway stations that serve the market town of , in , England. It lies on the Pontefract Line, 8 miles east of , with services operated by Northern Trains.
Wikipedia
Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY 2.5.
  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in West Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Pontefract Tanshelf Railway Station”, “Pontefract Tanshelf Station”, and “POT”
  • Address: Park Road, Pontefract, WF8 4PQ

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Joseph’s Church, Pontefract and Pontefract Museum.

Church
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 990 feet southeast of Pontefract Tanshelf railway station.

Museum
Photo: Stanley Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a local museum in , , . The collections cover archaeology, archives, decorative and applied art, fine art, photographs and social history. The museum opened in 1975. is situated 1,600 feet southeast of Pontefract Tanshelf railway station.

Residential building
Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a residential building, which is situated 460 feet south of Pontefract Tanshelf railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontefract and Chequerfield.

Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a market town in . It's one of the "Five Towns" east of the city of , and a commuter town for Leeds. in 2021 its population was 40,000.

Suburb
is a district made up mostly of council housing of , , England.

Village
is a small village on the southern outskirts of , in the district, in the county of , England. The village is home to the parish church of St Michael the Archangel, and two schools, and the Rookeries primary school.

Pontefract Tanshelf railway station

Latitude
53.694° or 53° 41′ 38″ north
Longitude
-1.3189° or 1° 19′ 8″ west
Elevation
164 feet (50 metres)
Operator
Northern Trains
Network
National Rail
Abbreviation
“POT”
Open location code
9C5WMMVJ+JC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158530806
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
6953358
Wiki­data ID
Q3043294
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Venetian—“Pontefract Tanshelf railway station” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “station Pontefract Tanshelf”
  • Dutch: “Station Pontefract Tanshelf”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة پونتيفراكت تانشيلف”
  • French: “gare de Pontefract Tanshelf”
  • French: “Gare de Pontefract Tanshelf”
  • French: “Pontefract Tanshelf”
  • Urdu: “پونٹفریکٹ ٹین شیلف ریلوے اسٹیشن”
  • Venetian: “stasion de Pontefract Tanshelf”

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