Thorne South railway station

Thorne South National Rail
Location
Place Thorne
Local authority Doncaster
Coordinates 53°36′12″N 0°57′18″W / 53.6034°N 0.9549°W / 53.6034; -0.9549Coordinates: 53°36′12″N 0°57′18″W / 53.6034°N 0.9549°W / 53.6034; -0.9549
Grid reference SE692123
Operations
Station code TNS
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11 Increase 0.130 million
2011/12 Increase 0.140 million
2012/13 Decrease 0.130 million
2013/14 Decrease 82,196
2014/15 Increase 87,210
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE South Yorkshire
Zone Doncaster
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Thorne South from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Thorne South railway station is one of two stations serving the ex-mining town of Thorne in South Yorkshire, England. The station is 9.75 miles (16 km) north of Doncaster on the South Humberside Main Line. It is unstaffed, and the only passenger facilities are a brick shelter on each platform. The other station in the town is Thorne North, which is served by trains towards Hull.

Service

On Monday to Saturday Thorne South has an hourly daytime service from Sheffield and Doncaster to Scunthorpe. There is no Sunday service.[1]

In February 2013 the line north-east of Hatfield and Stainforth station towards Thorne was blocked by the Hatfield Colliery landslip, with all services over the section halted. The line reopened in July 2013.

References

  1. GB eNRT, 2015-16 Edition, Table 29

External links

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