Transport secretary to officially open new £8m Wakefield train station

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.