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Goldthorpe railway station

Coordinates: 53°32′01″N 1°18′47″W / 53.533620°N 1.313040°W / 53.533620; -1.313040
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Goldthorpe
National Rail
General information
LocationGoldthorpe, Barnsley
England
Coordinates53°32′01″N 1°18′47″W / 53.533620°N 1.313040°W / 53.533620; -1.313040
Grid referenceSE456043
Managed byNorthern
Transit authorityTravel South Yorkshire
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeGOE
Fare zoneBarnsley
ClassificationDfT category F2
Key dates
16 May 1988Opened
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 57,192
2019/20Increase 57,716
2020/21Decrease 14,996
2021/22Increase 52,778
2022/23Increase 55,038
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Goldthorpe railway station serves the village of Goldthorpe, in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Wakefield Line 14.25 miles (23 km) north of Sheffield railway station. It was opened in May 1988.

Although it passed through the three settlements of Goldthorpe, neighbouring Thurnscoe and Bolton upon Dearne, the Swinton & Knottingley Joint Railway only provided one station for the area, at Bolton; both the other settlements were served by stations on other lines. Until 1961 this 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 to Wakefield Westgate & Leeds, and opened new stations at Goldthorpe and Thurnscoe.

Facilities

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The layout here is very similar to neighbouring Thurnscoe (and other stations opened on the same route, e.g. Sandal and Agbrigg and Outwood), namely two wooden platforms with basic shelters on each side.[1] The station is unmanned and has a ticket machine, so tickets can be purchased at the station or on the train. Digital display screens and timetable posters provide train running information. Step-free access is available to both platforms via ramps from the nearby road.[2]

Service

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Monday to Saturday there is an hourly service to Rotherham Central and Sheffield southbound and Leeds northbound. A similar frequency operates on Sundays, though starting later in the morning.[3] One service on the Dearne Valley line to York also calls on weekday and Saturday mornings in the northbound direction only.

References

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  1. ^ Goldthorpe railway station, Yorkshire Thompson, Nigel Geograph.org; Retrieved 7 December 2016
  2. ^ Goldthorpe station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 7 December 2016
  3. ^ Table 28 National Rail timetable, December 2023
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