Elsecar railway station

Elsecar National Rail

Elsecar railway station 2005
Location
Place Elsecar
Local authority Barnsley
Coordinates 53°29′56″N 1°25′37″W / 53.499°N 1.427°W / 53.499; -1.427Coordinates: 53°29′56″N 1°25′37″W / 53.499°N 1.427°W / 53.499; -1.427
Grid reference SE381004
Operations
Station code ELR
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11 Increase 0.128 million
2011/12 Increase 0.131 million
2012/13 Decrease 0.126 million
2013/14 Increase 0.150 million
2014/15 Increase 0.170 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE Travel South Yorkshire
Zone Barnsley
History
Key dates Opened 1 July 1897 (1 July 1897)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Elsecar from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Elsecar railway station is a railway station in Elsecar, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It is based on the Penistone Line and Hallam Line served by Northern.

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.

There are currently plans to introduce car parking for rail users at Elsecar in the near future although this has been delayed due to problems with trains being affected by the work.[1]

Service

The station is served during off-peak times by an hourly train operating between Sheffield and Leeds. Additional trains provide a half-hourly service towards Sheffield in the morning peak and a half-hourly service from Sheffield in the evening peak. These extra services operate to and from Huddersfield.[2]

New Northern Franchise operator Arriva Rail North plans to improve the service frequency to half-hourly all day once the new franchise agreement comes into effect in April 2016.[3]

Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
Northern
Hallam Line
Northern
Penistone Line

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.barnsley-chronicle.co.uk/mobile/news/article/6336
  2. ↑ GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 34
  3. ↑ Northern Franchise Improvements - DfT


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