Pontefract Tanshelf

$Pontefract Tanshelf sign$

Judging from the route we took, walking from elsehwere in Pontefract, it looked like Pontefract Tanshelf was going to particularly desolate and dilapidated. The footpath led us under the line:

$Pontefract Tanshelf footpath$

And then we saw the station in the distance:

$Pontefract Tanshelf north side$

However, things got more civilised as we reached the station. Tha approach to platform 2:

$Pontefract Tanshelf platform 2 approach$

The entrance ramp to platform 2:

$Pontefract Tanshelf platform 2 entrance$

On platform 2, looking west towards the road bridge:

$Pontefract Tanshelf platform 2$

The shelter on platform 2:

$Pontefract Tanshelf platform 2 shelter$

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

$Pontefract Tanshelf platform 2 looking east$

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

$Pontefract Tanshelf platform 2 looking west$

A long ramp connects platform 2 to the road bridge to the west of the station:

$Pontefract Tanshelf platform 2 ramp$

The entrance to platform 2 from the road bridge. It has a community rail noticeboard but it is rather blank:

$Pontefract Tanshelf bridge entrance$

As well as an entrance from the road bridge, platform 1 has a ground-level entrance:

$Pontefract Tanshelf platform 1 entrance$

Platform 1 seeen from the road bridge:

$Pontefract Tanshelf platform 1$

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CRS Code	POT
Collected date	21/05/10