Pontefract Monkhill

$Pontefract Monkhill sign$

Pontefract Monkhill is one of three stations in Pontefract, the other two being Pontefract Bag Hill and Pontefract Tanshelf. We arrived here for a short walk across town to Pontefract Bag Hill.

The entrance to the station from the car park:

$Pontefract Monkhill platform 1 entrance$

Looking east on platform 1:

$Pontefract Monkhill platform 1 looking east$

The footbridge which connects platform 1 to the island platform 2:

$Pontefract Monkhill footbridge$

Looking east along the line from the footbridge, towards Knottingley:

$Pontefract Monkhill from footbridge looking east$

Looking down the footbridge steps to platform 2:

$Pontefract Monkhill platform 2 from footbridge$

To the north of platform 2, a slightly overgrown line which avoids the station:

$Pontefract Monkhill avoiding line$

Looking west along the line on platform 1. The line off to the right goes towards Glasshoughton and ultimately Leeds; the line straight on goes via Pontefract Tanshelf to Wakefield Kirkgate:

$Pontefract Monkhill, looking west$

Parallel to platform 1 a ramp leads up from the road, presumably to provide access for track workers:

$Pontefract Monkhill road gate$

All photographs are © Alexandra Lanes You may reproduce them anywhere for any purpose. Coastline maps are reproduced from Ordnance Survey map data by permission of the Ordnance Survey © Crown copyright 2001

CRS Code	PFM
Collected date	17/05/10