Station code DOD DfT category F2 Number of platforms 1 | Grid reference SE311053 Managed by Northern 2011/12 33,556 | |
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Similar Darton railway station, Wombwell railway station, Penistone railway station, Chapeltown railway station, Cannon Hall | ||
Pacer train arriving at dodworth railway station
Dodworth railway station serves the village of Dodworth, in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. The station is 2 miles 71 chains (4.6 km) west of Barnsley on the Penistone Line between Huddersfield and Sheffield.
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Originally its immediate next stations were at Silkstone and Summer Lane. Summer Lane was not reopened, and nowadays the next station eastwards is Barnsley.
History
The present Dodworth station was opened on the site of the original, built by South Yorkshire Railway and opened on 1 July 1854, adjacent to the level crossing which took the main Manchester road (the present-day A628 road) through the village. The crossing and the access to the local colliery was controlled from a signal box, of M.S. & L.R. hipped-roof design, set by the crossing and which was demolished by a derailment on 24 January 1955. The rebuilt box was a brick built, flat roofed affair (this still stands, but is now disused - the crossing is remotely operated from Barnsley P.S.B )
The station was rebuilt by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in the last quarter of the 19th century in their "Double Pavilion" style. This station was closed on 29 June 1959. Coal traffic from the adjacent mine continued to be dispatched by rail right up until its closure in 1987, but the former sidings have since been lifted and the site redeveloped.
New station
Part of the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive's plan for the line was to reopen the stations at Silkstone (actually at Silkstone Common) and Dodworth. Dodworth was reopened as a single platform station, with car parking facilities from the commencement of the new timetable on 15 May 1989.
The station is unstaffed and has only basic facilities (a waiting shelter, timetable information posters and bench seating). No display screens or automatic announcements are provided, though there is a customer help point at the station entrance. There is no step-free access to the platform for mobility-impaired passengers or wheelchair users due to high kerbs on the pavement linking the car park and the ramp to the platform.
Services
On Mondays to Saturdays, trains operate hourly towards Huddersfield westbound and to Barnsley and Sheffield eastbound; a two-hourly frequency operates on Sundays.