Pontefract Tanshelf railway station, Yorkshire

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Pontefract Tanshelf railway station, Yorkshire

Image: © Nigel Thompson Taken: 27 Mar 2010

The original Tanshelf station, which was demolished after closure in 1967, was on the other side of the road bridge behind the camera. This station was opened in 1992 on the reopened Wakefield-Pontefract line. View east, towards Pontefract Monkhill and Knottingley.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.694215
Longitude
-1.31861