Swinton (South Yorkshire) railway station

Swinton (South Yorkshire)
Swinton railway station in 1991
Location
Place	Swinton
Local authority	Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham
Coordinates	53°29′11″N 1°18′21″W / 53.4863°N 1.3058°W / 53.4863; -1.3058Coordinates: 53°29′11″N 1°18′21″W / 53.4863°N 1.3058°W / 53.4863; -1.3058
Grid reference	SK461990
Operations
Station code	SWN
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	3
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.287 million
2005/06	0.288 million
2006/07	0.258 million
2007/08	0.252 million
2008/09	0.375 million
2009/10	0.357 million
2010/11	0.372 million
2011/12	0.389 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Travel South Yorkshire
Zone	Rotherham
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Swinton (South Yorkshire) from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Swinton railway station is a railway station in Swinton, South Yorkshire, England. It has three platforms and a small bus station, and lies at the junction of the former North Midland Railway main line between Rotherham Masborough and Leeds via Cudworth and the former South Yorkshire Railway line to Doncaster.

History

There have been three stations on the North Midland Railway line at Swinton, the first of which, opened in 1840, built by the N.M.R. occupied the site of the present station, goods facilities occupying what is now the car park. This was replaced by a second station north of the present site, on the opposite side of the road bridge, built by the Midland Railway. This station became known as Swinton Town to distinguish it from Swinton Central on the former Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway line. It was served by stopping trains from Sheffield Midland to York and to Leeds City via Cudworth. The station closed in January 1968 with the rationalisation of local rail services in South Yorkshire. The original station buildings still remain at street level and are used for light industry.

Redevelopment and rebuilding

By the late 1980s it was realised that South Yorkshire railways had been cut back too far in the 1960s; in particular, Swinton/Wath-upon-Dearne/Kilnhurst lacked a station. The South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority put forward a four-year plan for the improvement of services and stations as part of their Rail Development Plan, this leading to the re-instatement of the "Swinton Curve", from the former North Midland Railway at Swinton to the former South Yorkshire Railway at Mexborough West Junction, the building of a new station at Swinton and the re-routing of all passenger trains via this route. Immediately after re-opening, it was unstaffed, but increased passenger usage led to the establishment in the 1990s of first a small cabin staffed for the morning peak period only. The cabin later was replaced by a brick building for the ticket office, waiting room and toilet. It is also an interchange for local bus services to Wath and Manvers.

Services

The station has a similar service level to neighbouring Rotherham Central, namely two trains per hour to Doncaster (with one service carrying on to Scunthorpe and the other to Adwick), one per hour to Wakefield and Leeds and three per hour to Rotherham and Sheffield in the other (with one carrying on through to Gainsborough and Lincoln). The twice-daily Dearne Valley local service to York also calls. There are also many longer distance trains that pass through without stopping.

Sundays have an hourly service to Doncaster, a two-hourly service to Leeds and also Goole (as an extension of alternate Doncaster trains) and either one or two trains per hour to Sheffield.

External links

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• Train times and station information for Swinton (South Yorkshire) railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Rotherham Central		Northern Rail Dearne Valley Line		Moorthorpe
		Northern Rail Sheffield-Hull Line		Mexborough
		Northern Rail Wakefield Line		Bolton-on-Dearne
	Disused railways
Kilnhurst West		BR Eastern Region Sheffield-Cudworth-Leeds Line		Wath North