Editing Askern (section)

== Railway ==
Askern is on the former [[Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway]] line between [[Doncaster railway station|Doncaster]] and [[Wakefield Kirkgate railway station|Wakefield Kirkgate]], though [[Askern railway station]] closed in 1947.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Body |first1=Geoffrey |title=Railways of the Eastern Region |date=1985 |publisher=Patrick Stephens |location=Wellingborough |isbn=0850597129 |page=154}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Neil |title=The lost railways of Yorkshire's West Riding: the central section Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield |date=2014 |publisher=Stenlake Publishing |location=Catrine |isbn=9781840336573 |page=54}}</ref> The line is used mainly by goods services, as well as the four-times daily [[Grand Central (train operating company)|Grand Central]] passenger services from [[Bradford Interchange]] to [[London King's Cross railway station|London King's Cross]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Waugh |first1=Rob |title=Plans to re-open Don Valley Line and Askern Line in Yorkshire and restore passenger trains |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/plans-to-re-open-don-valley-line-and-askern-line-in-yorkshire-and-restore-passenger-trains-3935833 |access-date=10 July 2023 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=30 November 2022}}</ref> There have been proposals to re-open Askern railway station to passenger trains.<ref>{{cite news |title=Campaign to restore rail station is on track |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=21 January 2023 |page=21|issn=0963-1496}}</ref>