Wombwell railway station

Wombwell National Rail
Location
Place Wombwell
Local authority Barnsley
Coordinates 53°31′03″N 1°24′59″W / 53.5175°N 1.4164°W / 53.5175; -1.4164Coordinates: 53°31′03″N 1°24′59″W / 53.5175°N 1.4164°W / 53.5175; -1.4164
Grid reference SE387024
Operations
Station code WOM
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  0.143 million
2005/06 Increase 0.147 million
2006/07 Decrease 0.127 million
2007/08 Increase 0.138 million
2008/09 Increase 0.180 million
2009/10 Decrease 0.175 million
2010/11 Increase 0.183 million
2011/12 Increase 0.196 million
2012/13 Increase 0.204 million
2013/14 Increase 0.214 million
2014/15 Increase 0.233 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE Travel South Yorkshire
Zone Barnsley
History
Original company Midland Railway
Pre-grouping Midland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
1 July 1897 Opened as Wombwell
25 September 1950 Renamed Wombwell West
20 February 1969 Renamed Wombwell
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wombwell from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Wombwell railway station lies in Wombwell, a town south of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. The station is 12 miles (19 km) north of Sheffield on the Hallam and Penistone Lines. The station was opened by the Midland Railway on 1 July 1897, and between 25 September 1950 and 20 February 1969 was known as Wombwell West to distinguish it from Wombwell's other railway station, Wombwell Central, which closed in 1959.[1]

CCTV was recently installed for the purposes of crime prevention. Other recent improvements to the station include new signage, lighting, and, for the first time, installation of passenger information display screens to provide real-time service information.

The station car park has recently been extended to give a total of 74 spaces for rail users.[2]

Services

Services currently run twice per hour Monday to Saturdays to Sheffield (hourly Sundays) and hourly to Huddersfield on the Penistone Line and Leeds on the Hallam Line respectively (two-hourly Sundays).[3]

Notes

  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 253. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  2. SYPTE, http://www.sypte.co.uk/Media.aspx?id=586
  3. GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 34
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