Wombwell railway station

Wombwell railway station is a railway station serving the town of Wombwell 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
General information
Location	Wombwell, Barnsley England
Coordinates	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
2018/19	0.203 million
2019/20	0.206 million
2020/21	43,634
2021/22	0.160 million
2022/23	0.171 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

The only permanent buildings remaining at the station (which is unmanned) are standard waiting shelters on each platform. Tickets can be bought in advance or at the self-service ticket machine. 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] One early morning northbound departure terminates at Barnsley and the last of the day at Wakefield Kirkgate.

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. 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 May 2023 Edition, Table 27

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