Elsecar railway station

Elsecar railway station is a railway station in Elsecar, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It is based on the Penistone Line and Hallam Line served by Northern Trains. The station was opened by the Midland Railway in July 1897 and was at one time known as Elsecar & Hoyland.

Elsecar
Elsecar railway station 2018
Location
PlaceElsecar
Local authorityBarnsley
Coordinates53.499°N 1.427°W / 53.499; -1.427
Grid referenceSE381004
Operations
Station codeELR
Managed byNorthern Trains
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryF1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.170 million
2015/16 0.168 million
2016/17 0.155 million
2017/18 0.145 million
2018/19 0.161 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTETravel South Yorkshire
ZoneBarnsley
History
Key datesOpened 1 July 1897 (1 July 1897)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Elsecar from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

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

A new 85-bay car park at the station was opened in November 2013 - funded by South Yorkshire PTE, this cost £500,000 and is located behind the northbound platform.[1]

Facilities

Elsecar station is unstaffed and has no permanent buildings. Standard waiting shelters are provided on each side, along with a customer help point on platform 1. Train running information is offered via the display screens at the entrance to, and on the platforms and via timetable information posters. Step-free access is available to each platform via ramps,[2] there are two ramps to the Northbound platform. There are bicycle storage facilities on both platforms.

As of 16 June 2018, there is a ticket machine on each platform.

Service

From 20 May 2018 the station will be served on weekdays and Saturdays by two trains per hour towards Sheffield and two trains per hour to Barnsley, one continuing to Leeds via Castleford and the other to Huddersfield via Penistone. On Sundays, the schedule is slightly reduced with services starting later and finishing earlier, one train per hour is offered to Sheffield which continues to Lincoln and one train per hour is offered to Barnsley which continues once per hour to Huddersfield until 14:00 and then at alternate hours with a service to Leeds via Castleford until 20:00 when all remaining hourly services then continue to Leeds.[3]

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

See also

Notes
  1. "Elsecar Park and Ride to open"SYPTE press release 6 November 2013; Retrieved 17 January 2017
  2. Elsecar station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 17 January 2017
  3. Table 34 National Rail timetable, December 2018
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