Wakefield Westgate is the mainline railway station for the city of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It is located on the edge of the main city centre, on the opposite side from Wakefield's other station, Kirkgate.

The station is managed by GNER, which runs frequent express services north to Leeds and Bradford Forster Square and south to Doncaster, Peterborough and London King's Cross.

Virgin Trains operate their Cross Country services through this station to Newcastle and Edinburgh in the north and southwards towards Birmingham New Street , Bournemouth and the South West of England.

Local services operated by Northern Rail also operate on the Wakefield Line towards Leeds, Doncaster and Sheffield, the Huddersfield Line towards Huddersfield also occasionally on the Pontefract Line towards Knottingley.

The station is manned, with an information kiosk, ticket office, and a shop. Vending machines sell snacks and drinks on the station platform. There is a taxi waiting point outside the station, and a cashpoint.

The station originally opened in 1867 but has been rebuilt in the 1960's.

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Railway stations in West Yorkshire