Whitley Bridge
General information
Location	Eggborough, Selby England
Coordinates	53°41′57″N 1°09′32″W / 53.699100°N 1.158900°W / 53.699100; -1.158900
Grid reference	SE556228
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WBD
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1848
Passengers
2018/19	544
2019/20	562
2020/21	62
2021/22	462
2022/23	906
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Whitley Bridge railway station serves the villages of Eggborough and Whitley in North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Pontefract Line and is 20 miles (32 km) east of Leeds. It was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1848, on their line between Wakefield Kirkgate and Goole via Knottingley.

Facilities

The station is unmanned and has only basic amenities – no permanent buildings remain other than standard glass and metal shelters on each platform. There is a single customer help point on platform 1 (eastbound) and timetable posters on both sides to provide train running information. No ticket facilities are provided, so passengers can buy their tickets either on the train or at their destination. Step-free access is available to both platforms via the level crossing at the Goole end of the station.^[1]

Services

Whitley Bridge has a limited service – Monday to Saturdays, one (early evening) train a day goes to Goole and two per day go to Leeds (one in the morning business peak and the other mid-evening). There is no Sunday service.^[2] Trains operate on Bank holidays.

The sparse timetable continues to operate mainly to meet Northern's franchise obligations and to avoid the need for the Knottingley to Goole line to be put through the formal closure process.^[3] The line is however also used for freight traffic to/from Drax Power Station.