New £8m Wakefield railway station officially opens

The Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin was in Wakefield this morning to officially open the new Westgate train station. The 8-million-pound building was also blessed by the Bishop of Wakefield, The Right Reverend Stephen Platten.

The new station has taken around year to construct and is now accessible from Mulberry way. Inside it has a new travel centre, ticket gates, and waiting rooms.

Wakefield Westgates' new £8m train station has been blessed. The Bishop of Wakefield, The Right Reverend Stephen Platten and the Railway Chaplain, the Reverent Dr Stephen Sorby were at the station for its official opening this morning.

The investment at Wakefield follows significant station modernisation projects on the route at London King's Cross and Peterborough.

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin will officially open the new eight million pound Westgate railway station in Wakefield later this morning. The station building has a new travel centre with six ticket machines, ticket gates, a new waiting room and a larger first class lounge.

The new station has been built about 300 yards north of the original buildings with access now from Mulberry Way. Construction work on the project started in early 2013 and it opened for the public to use on December 23.