Elsecar railway station is a railway station serving the village of Elsecar in South Yorkshire, England. It is 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  | |||||
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 Elsecar railway station 2018 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Elsecar, Barnsley England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°29′56″N 1°25′37″W / 53.499°N 1.427°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SE381004 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Transit authority | Travel South Yorkshire | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | ELR | ||||
| Fare zone | Barnsley | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1 July 1897 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.180 million | ||||
| 2020/21 |  40,780 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.133 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.155 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.181 million | ||||
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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
editElsecar 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.
Ticket machines were installed on each platform in 2018, however these are currently out of use as of May 2021 due to vandalism.
Service
editOn 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. The first northbound departure each day runs to Barnsley only, whilst the last northbound one terminates at Wakefield Kirkgate.[3]
On Sundays, trains run every hour (approximately) to Sheffield and every two hours to Huddersfield and Leeds.
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Following station | ||
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See also
editNotes
edit- ^ "Elsecar Park and Ride to open"SYPTE press release 6 November 2013; Retrieved 17 January 2017
- ^ Elsecar station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 17 January 2017
- ^ Table 27 National Rail timetable, May 2023
External links
edit- Train times and station information for Elsecar railway station from National Rail