Station code THC DfT category F2 Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference SE459056 Managed by Northern 2011/12 66,980 | |
Similar Goldthorpe railway station, Fitzwilliam railway station, Outwood railway station, South Elmsall railway st, Moorthorpe railway station | ||
Thurnscoe railway station serves Thurnscoe in South Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Wakefield Line 15 miles (24 km) north of Sheffield railway station. Only stopping services call at the station. It was opened as a new station on 16 May 1988. The station was built by British Rail.
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Although the line passed through the three settlements of Thurnscoe, neighbouring Goldthorpe and Bolton-on-Dearne, the Swinton & Knottingley Joint railway originally provided only two stations for the area, at Bolton-on-Dearne and at Frickley. Until 1961 the station was called Bolton on Dearne for Goldthorpe and was served by Sheffield-York stopping services. By the late 1980s the low demand for York-bound passengers meant that only a handful of stopping trains used the line. South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, responding to increasing demand for Sheffield-Leeds passengers in the area, and a lack of capacity on the Sheffield-Barnsley-Leeds line, sponsored an hourly service via Bolton and opened new stations at Goldthorpe and Thurnscoe.
Facilities
The two wooden platforms each have a shelter and passenger information notice boards. It is not staffed and has no ticket machine, so passengers must buy their tickets in advance of travel or on the train from the conductor. Though there is step-free access from the car park onto the platforms, Northern's station information page states that it is unsuitable for use by disabled passengers.
Service
From Monday to Saturday, there is an hourly service to Sheffield southbound and to Leeds via Wakefield Westgate northbound. On Sunday, there is a two-hourly service in each direction.
Monday to Saturday, there are two services per day operating to York via Pontefract Baghill and an additional two services per day to Sheffield. There is no service on this route on Sundays.