Dodworth railway station

Dodworth
Dodworth railway station in 2006
Location
Place	Dodworth
Local authority	Barnsley
Coordinates
Grid reference	SE311053
Operations
Station code	DOD
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	20,752
2005/06	25,633
2006/07	24,575
2007/08	26,219
2008/09	31,292
2009/10	30,182
2010/11	30,840
2011/12	33,556
2012/13	35,332
2013/14	36,390
2014/15	43,698
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
Zone	Barnsley
History
Key dates	Opened May 1989 (May 1989)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dodworth from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Dodworth railway station serves the village of Dodworth, in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. The station is 4.25 miles (6.84 km) west of Barnsley on the Penistone Line between Huddersfield and Sheffield.

Originally its immediate next stations were at Silkstone and Summer Lane. Summer Lane was not re-opened 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 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.

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.

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 re-opened as a single platform station, with car parking facilities from the commencement of the new timetable in May 1989. The station opened on 15 May 1989.

Services

On Mondays to Saturdays, trains operate hourly towards Huddersfield and Sheffield and two-hourly on Sundays.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Barnsley		Northern Rail Penistone Line		Silkstone Common