Station Details for Wakefield Kirkgate

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Station Accessible information

• Step-free category:
  • Category A Station
  • Scooter Friendly Station
  • Station is unstaffed

  However no access problems for mobility impaired or elderly  customers as the access to the platforms is via ramped subway.

  To find our more about travelling around this station, please see the 360 map click here

• : B2
• Helpline:

  Assistance is provided by the conductor at this station, please wait on the platform for the train to arrive.

  We can also provide help when you travel, even if it has not been booked in advance. You can turn up at this station if it is accessible to you and request assistance onto a train from a member of staff directly, or by using a help point. Boarding ramps are carried on all of our trains.

  We want everyone to travel with confidence. That is why, if you are planning on travelling on national rail services, you can request an assistance booking in advance - now up to 2 hours before your journey is due to start, any time of the day. For more information about Passenger Assist and how to request an assistance booking via Passenger Assist, please click here.

• Help Points:

  Lobby

• Induction Loop: There are no apparent induction loops
• Accessible Toilets: No
• Changing Places: No
• Staff Assistance:
• Train Ramp: Ramps are available on the train to provide assistance
• Wheelchairs Available: No
• Passenger Assistance:
  • Platform

    Please wait on the platform in view of the station/on-train staff and make yourself known when the train arrives so they can assist you.

• Drop-off / pick-up points:
• Accessible ticket counters:
• Accessible ticket machines:
  • Ticket buying and collection on Platform 1. There is space in front of the ticket machine to manoeuvre a wheelchair. The controls are at a suitable height for wheelchair users
  • Ticket buying and collection, entrance concourse. There is space in front of the ticket machine to manoeuvre a wheelchair. The controls are at a suitable height for wheelchair users
• Printed local info: There is accessible printed information available
• Announcements: Announcements are made both visually and audibly
• Customer service notes:

  08002006060

Station General information

• Station operator: Northern
• Ticket office:

  • There is no ticket office at this station

• Ticket machines:
  • Ticket buying and collection on Platform 1
  • Ticket buying and collection, entrance concourse
• Collect online booked tickets: Yes
• London fare zone:
• Oyster card:
• Smartcard: Yes
• Contactless cards: No
• Sheltered waiting available: Yes
• Waiting rooms:
• First class lounge: Yes
• Staffing level: Unstaffed
• Information from staff:
• Staff assistance:
• Toilets:
• Baby changing available: No
• Transport links:
  • Replacement Bus.

     Rail replacement services pick up/drop off from the bus stop at the station front.

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  • Bus.

    'Arriva' and 'First' both operate a network of frequent local bus routes around Wakefield and West Yorkshire . For route maps and timetables:

    www.arrivabus.co.uk and www.firstgroup.com/ukbus

    Buy a Wakefield PlusBus ticket with your train ticket, for discount price unlimited bus travel around the city. For details: www.plusbus.info

    The FreeCityBus service links Wakefield Kirkgate rail station with Wakefield Westgate station, the main Bus Station and various attractions in the town centre.

    For information about all buses in west Yorkshire visit: www.wymetro.com

• CCTV available: Yes
• WiFi available:
• Refreshments: 1
• Shops:
• Luggage storage: No
• Lost property: Yes
• ATM machine: No
• Currency exchange: No
• Postbox: No
• Defibrillator available: No
• Trolleys available: No
• Cycle storage: 6 spaces. Racks. Sheltered.

  Station car park

• Car parks:
  • Accessible parking
  • Carpark is now open as of 29th August 2015.
    Spaces:43
• Taxi rank available: No
• Customer information screens:
  • Departure Screens
  • Announcements

Station lift information

• No lift information available