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Glasshoughton

CRS Code GLH
Collected date 20/05/10

Glasshoughton station

Glasshoughton station is very new, opened only in 2005, and serves the nearby Xscape leisure complex, where we had dinner.

The front of the station, north of the line, faces the leisure centre:

Glasshoughton front

A bridge spans both the railway line and the road between it and the leisure centre. Looking through the entrance shelter at the station, with the bridge above:

Glasshoughton shelter

On platform 2 for trains east towards Pontefract Monkhill and Knottingley:

Glasshoughton platform 2

Steps lead up to the overbridge, but there is a long winding ramp as well:

Glasshoughton platform 2 ramp

Looking east along the line from the end of platform 2:

Glasshoughton looking east

Looking west along the line from the other end:

Glasshoughton looking west

Platform 1, seen from platform 2 opposite:

Glasshoughton platform 1