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Kirkgate Station - once upon a time of some importance and looked after. Now, sadly, just shabby but still in use.
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 Welcome to Wakefield.
A somewhat uninspiring view of the platforms.
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 A local train leaving the station.
Trains are operated by Northern Rail. The Grand Central West Riding main line service also uses this station. |
 View towards the city centre from the station entrance. The white building is a derelict pub (Wakefield Arms). I had a pint in it on my way home from the station some years ago. Not one of Wakefield's best scenes.. |
 Wakefield Kirkgate Station
View of the front. Quite an imposing building in its day, but now very much neglected and decaying.
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 A miserable place. However, now that the Prime Minister has spoken, we can expect some action. Perhaps upgraded CCTV to get a slightly less fuzzy picture of a yob or mugger, possibly some staff, who knows?
(23rd October 2009, that particular train has now left the station.)
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Subway Entrance - a dreary tunnel connects the central island platforms with the station entrance. |
 The station in 2006. The redbrick buildings in the background have since been demolished.. |
-s.jpg) The Scarborough Spa Express brings a welcome touch of colour and life to the poor old station. This is the return journey from Scarborough with the final destination of York.
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The train is just pulling into Kirkgate on the outward morning journey to the seaside at Scarborough. [18/08/2011]
View a video about the Scarborough Express at Kirkgate station on YouTube.
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-s.jpg) The Scarborough Spa Express just about to set off for the evening journey to York.
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Visit West Coast Railways to find out more about the Scarborough Spa Express, the Cambrian and the Jacobite steam railways. |
 The Grand Central West Riding service operates between Bradford Interchange, Halifax, Brighouse, Wakefield Kirkgate, Pontefract Monkhill, Doncaster and London King's Cross.
Find out more at Grand Central. |
-s.jpg) Local Metro trains at Kirkgate.
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Wakefield Kirkgate Railway Station
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