Darton railway station

Darton National Rail

View of the station taken from platform 2
Location
Place Darton
Local authority Barnsley
Coordinates 53°35′17″N 1°31′51″W / 53.5880°N 1.5309°WCoordinates: 53°35′17″N 1°31′51″W / 53.5880°N 1.5309°W
Grid reference SE311102
Operations
Station code DRT
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   0.134 million
2005/06 Decrease 0.123 million
2006/07 Increase 0.123 million
2007/08 Increase 0.127 million
2008/09 Increase 0.164 million
2009/10 Decrease 0.146 million
2010/11 Increase 0.152 million
2011/12 Increase 0.153 million
2012/13 Increase 0.202 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE South Yorkshire
Zone Barnsley (SYPTE)
5 (WYPTE)
History
Original company Manchester and Leeds Railway
Pre-grouping Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
1 January 1850 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 Darton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Darton railway station is a railway station in Darton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. Train services are provided by Northern Rail.

The station was opened by the Manchester and Leeds Railway on 1 January 1850.[1]

The railway station is in South Yorkshire but West Yorkshire Metro tickets are also valid to and from this station. The reason for this is that the West-South Yorkshire boundary historically ran between the village and its main source of employment, Woolley Colliery.

The car park at the station was recently reported by the local police force as having the highest incidence of vehicle break-ins in the Barnsley area, but the installation of CCTV is hoped to address this problem.

Services

There is an hourly service towards Wakefield Kirkgate and Leeds northbound and Barnsley and Sheffield southbound. The service is two-hourly in each direction on Sundays.

References

  1. ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 77. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

External links

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