Wombwell railway station

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Wombwell
Location	Wombwell, Barnsley England
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
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	Travel South Yorkshire
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WOM
Fare zone	Barnsley
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 July 1897	Opened as Wombwell
25 September 1950	Renamed Wombwell West
20 February 1969	Renamed Wombwell
Passengers
2016/17	0.215 million
2017/18	0.216 million
2018/19	0.203 million
2019/20	0.206 million
2020/21	43,634
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.^[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[]

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Elsecar		Northern Trains Hallam Line		Barnsley
		Northern Trains Penistone Line

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