Knottingley

CRS Code	KNO
Collected date	17/05/10

Knottingley station is the last in West Yorkshire before the line heads into North Yorkshire, heading ultimately for Goole.

There are no buildings at the station itself, but at the end of the railway approach is The Railway pub:

The approach to the station via the car park:

Onto platform 2, where a shelter and telephone welcome one:

On platform 2, looking eastwards towards the footbridge:

Across the line, a view of the footbridge:

On platform 1, looking westwards:

The view of platform 1 looking down from the footbridge:

Although now Knottingley station only has two platforms, it once had more, and lines still go from here to Goole and Hull, Doncaster, and York. Here we look westwards to see a vast quantity of rubbish between the lines and the platform:

Just bottles from folk waiting for trains?

Looking eastwards at the lines from the bridge. The lines curving off to the right lead towards Doncaster and were due later in 2010 to be used by Grand Central's West Yorkshire services from Bradford Interchange to London King's Cross:

Looking east from the end of platform 2:

A zoomed view along the line eastwards towards Goole.

Looking west along the line from the other end of platform 2:

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