Bentley railway station (South Yorkshire)

Bentley railway station is a railway station that serves Bentley, South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Wakefield Line and is managed by Northern, who also provide all the passenger trains serving it. It was opened on 27 April 1992 by British Rail with financial assistance from the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive.[1] An earlier wooden halt, Bentley Crossing, built by the West Riding and Grimsby Railway, had previously existed at the same location but was closed by 1943.[2]

Bentley (South Yorkshire)
Bentley Station in early 2005
Location
Place	Bentley
Local authority	Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster
Coordinates	53.5440°N 1.1510°W / 53.5440; -1.1510
Grid reference	SE563055
Operations
Station code	BYK
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*
2014/15	0.131 million
2015/16	0.141 million
2016/17	0.130 million
2017/18	0.131 million
2018/19	0.130 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
Zone	Doncaster
History
Original company	British Rail
27 April 1992 (1992-04-27)	Station opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bentley (South Yorkshire) from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

A common complaint is the lack of a footbridge between the two platforms. Passengers have to cross through the road barrier to get from one side to the other; therefore they may have to wait until trains have passed, and could miss their trains. The Wakefield Line is busy with London North Eastern Railway services and freight services as well as the Northern operations.

Bentley is a popular commuting station for Leeds and Wakefield. It has a large car park for the size of the station and as such is a good station for Park and Ride to Doncaster. However possibly due to the footbridge issue, Adwick station is the dedicated park and ride station for Doncaster.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and has recently (April 2018) been equipped with a ticking vending machine at the entrance to the car park adjacent to the north-bound platform 2. This machine however only accepts card payments so also issues promise-to-pay notices for exchange on the train, as well as advertising the availability of e-ticketing via the Northern mobile app. There are waiting shelters, digital CIS displays and timetable poster boards on both platforms; train running information is also available by telephone. Step-free access is available to both platforms via the level crossing.[3]

Services

There are two trains per hour in each direction from the station on weekdays, southbound to Doncaster and northbound to Adwick. One southbound service continues to Meadowhall and Sheffield (Mon - Sat daytimes only), whilst one per hour northbound runs to Wakefield Westgate and Leeds.[4]

Sundays see a two-hourly service each way to Doncaster and Leeds.

References

1. Branch Line News No. 682, 16 May 1992.
2. Butt, R V J (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens. p. 32. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
3. Bentley (South Yorks) station facilities National Rail Enquiries
4. GB eNRT 2018-19 Edition, Tables 29 & 31 (Network Rail)

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Doncaster		Northern Wakefield Line		Adwick