In 2022/2023, Pontefract Baghill had 9,638 entries and exits, making it the 2,334^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 973^rd busiest (out of 997), with 40 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 26.41 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 4.63 passengers per service*, giving it the 1,283^rd (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 26.44 passengers passing through the station and 4.65 passengers per service when interchanges are included.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
Down	127	461
Up	102	370

*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

2006-07 Group Of Stations
2007-08 Ignore - Less than 15,000 E&X
2019-20 Improved timetable in May 2019
2020-21 The number of entries and exits distributed across stations in the West Yorkshire PTE area in 2020-21 has increased by 1.9% as a result of methodology improvements

Location: Pontefract Baghill
CRS: PFR / NLC: 8540 / TIPLOC(S): PTFTBHL
Station Facility Owner: Northern Trains
OS Grid Ref: 446107 421938
Constituency: Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
Local Authority: Wakefield
NR Region: Yorkshire and The Humber
Station Group: PONTEFRACT BR
PTE: West Yorkshire
ELR: SMJ2 4m 31ch
This station is part of the West Yorkshire PTE

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Top 5 jouneys from Pontefract Baghill during 2022/2023:
•York (1,515 journeys)
•Leeds (1,453 journeys)
•Sheffield (351 journeys)
•Moorthorpe (107 journeys)
•Meadowhall (105 journeys)
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