Conisbrough railway station

Conisbrough National Rail

Platform 2
Location
Place Conisbrough
Local authority Doncaster
Coordinates 53°29′22″N 1°14′03″W / 53.489380°N 1.234170°WCoordinates: 53°29′22″N 1°14′03″W / 53.489380°N 1.234170°W
Grid reference SK509994
Operations
Station code CNS
Managed by Northern Rail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  70,234
2005/06 Increase 71,245
2006/07 Decrease 66,855
2007/08 Decrease 62,391
2008/09 Increase 79,400
2009/10 Decrease 78,928
2010/11 Increase 86,094
2011/12 Increase 87,628
2012/13 Decrease 85,972
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE Travel South Yorkshire
Zone Doncaster
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Conisbrough from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Station approach (1992)

Conisbrough railway station is a railway station in Conisbrough, South Yorkshire, England. The station is 4.75 miles (8 km) south west of Doncaster towards Sheffield. Nowadays it has two platforms and is served only by stopping services.

History

The original station was situated some 150 yards (140 m) to the east of the present station and had two sets of station buildings, one for the South Yorkshire Railway, its owners, and another for the Midland Railway, the operators of the first passenger service. Both had their own staff. This station was opened on 10 November 1849, the only station on the new line linking Doncaster and Swinton. This was closed in 1884 with the opening of the new station, built by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. The buildings were in that company's "double pavilion" style and all except the former Station Master's house, on the Sheffield bound platform, have been demolished.

The station, like Mexborough, was served by trains between Sheffield Victoria and Doncaster. The line closed south of Mexborough when most of the stations were shut down due to the Beeching Cuts.

Like Mexborough the station had three platforms with the Doncaster bound platform being an island. During Doncaster race meetings this platform was used for "ticket collection" to avoid congestion at Doncaster. In more recent times this platform was used for excursions which required an elongated stop for loading/unloading and could then enable another service to pass and use the other platform face.

In April 1993 the station received new signing as part of a general clean-up and was equipped with ramps to give disabled access to the Doncaster-bound platform. The new signs gave the spelling of the name as "Conisborough", however, these were replaced by 21 May with the spelling corrected.

Service

All services from this station are operated by Northern Rail (with exception of one daily First Trans Pennine Express Service). All services operate between Doncaster and Sheffield on a half hourly basis, one train an hour extends from Doncaster to Adwick VIA Bentley and the other extends from Doncaster to Scunthorpe VIA Thorne. An hourly extension from Sheffield operates to Lincoln VIA Worksop & Gainsborough.

Evenings and Sundays there is an hourly service towards both Sheffield and Doncaster (two-hourly to Goole).

Railway Clearing House diagram showing lines around Conisbrough in 1910.

References

External links

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Northern Rail
Sheffield-Hull Line