Wombwell railway station

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]

Wombwell
LocationWombwell, Barnsley
England
Coordinates53.5175°N 1.4164°W / 53.5175; -1.4164
Grid referenceSE387024
Managed byNorthern Trains
Transit authorityTravel South Yorkshire
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeWOM
Fare zoneBarnsley
ClassificationDfT category F1
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 July 1897Opened as Wombwell
25 September 1950Renamed Wombwell West
20 February 1969Renamed Wombwell
Passengers
2015/16 0.224 million
2016/17 0.215 million
2017/18 0.216 million
2018/19 0.203 million
2019/20 0.206 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.[2]

The station car park was extended in 2009 to give a total of 74 spaces for rail users.[3]

Facilities

There are no permanent buildings remaining at the station (which is unmanned), aside from standard waiting shelters on each platform. Tickets can only be bought in advance or on the train, as the self-service ticket machine has been removed. The aforementioned CIS displays provide train running information, along with timetable poster boards. There is step-free access to both platforms via ramps from the road above.[4]

Services

Services currently run twice per hour Monday to Saturdays to Sheffield (hourly Sundays) and hourly to Huddersfield on the Penistone Line and Leeds via Wakefield Kirkgate and Castleford on the Hallam Line respectively (two-hourly Sundays).[5] A single southbound through train to Nottingham calls here on Saturday mornings only at 06.22.

Notes
  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 253. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Train departing Wombwell station (2015) Clitheroe, Jonathan Geograph.org; Retrieved 17 January 2017
  3. "Expanded Wombwell Station Park and Ride to open" SYPTE News release 23 June 2009
  4. Wombwell station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 17 January 2017
  5. GB National Rail Timetable December 2019 Edition, Table 34
Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
Northern Trains
Hallam Line
Northern Trains
Penistone Line


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