page_title: Hemsworth
section_title: Hemsworth bus station
hierarchical_section_title: Hemsworth / Hemsworth bus station
caption_attribution_description: English: Hemsworth bus station - August 2009
context_page_description: Hemsworth is a town and civil parish on the edge of West Yorkshire, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it forms part of the City of Wakefield, and has a population of 13,311, increasing to 15,350 for the ward in the City of Wakefield Council at the 2011 Census.
  It was a one-industry town, where coal mining employed the vast majority of residents, and the closure of the pits during the 1980s led to huge levels of unemployment and deprivation in the area. Hemsworth, along with nearby villages such as Ackworth, Fitzwilliam, Havercroft, Ryhill, South Elmsall and South Kirkby was made into a special regeneration area, and fortunes have improved as a result.
  The Hemsworth constituency is famous for being the place where Labour votes were said to be "weighed rather than counted" during the 1960s and 1970s, but the town is not even so heavily Labour-voting as it once was. The town's Member of Parliament is Jon Trickett, a former leader of Leeds council.
  In May 2005, the Office for National Statistics estimated that unemployment in Hemsworth was just 2.8%. This marks progress from periods in the previous two decades when it could reach as high as 50%.
context_section_description: Hemsworth bus station serves the town of Hemsworth. The bus station is managed and operated by Metro (West Yorkshire PTE) & (WYCA) - West Yorkshire Combined Authority
  The bus station is situated just off Market Street and is part of the town's Tesco supermarket complex. There are five stands in total. The bus station officially opened in September 2008.
  Buses run from the bus station go as far afield as Barnsley, Wakefield, Pontefract and Upton, Shafton Green, Monk Bretton. The main operators are Arriva Yorkshire, Stagecoach Yorkshire, Watersons Buses Services  36,BL Travel Service 249 and an early Monday to Friday CT Plus service to Pontefract
caption: Hemsworth bus station in August 2009
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