Thurnscoe railway station

Thurnscoe railway station serves a village of 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.^[1] The station was built by British Rail.

Thurnscoe
General information
Location	Thurnscoe, Barnsley England
Coordinates	53.545470°N 1.308470°W / 53.545470; -1.308470
Grid reference	SE459056
Managed by	Northern
Transit authority	Travel South Yorkshire
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	THC
Fare zone	Barnsley
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	British Rail
Key dates
16 May 1988	Station opened
Passengers
2018/19	63,316
2019/20	66,616
2020/21	17,592
2021/22	62,150
2022/23	68,272
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.^[2] It is not staffed and has a single ticket machine on the north-bound platform, meaning passengers are expected to purchase their tickets, then traverse two long ramps and the railway bridge if they wish to travel southbound. 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.^[3] The cycle racks are also somewhat secluded and have low security.

Service

From Monday to Saturday, there is an hourly service to Sheffield southbound and to Leeds via Wakefield Westgate northbound. One additional service also calls here en route to Pontefract Baghill and York northbound only in the morning peak.

On Sunday, there is also an hourly service in each direction, though starting later in the morning.^[4]

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 229. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
2. Thurnscoe Station Mapio.net; Retrieved 7 December 2016
3. Thurnscoe Station Information Northern; Retrieved 7 December 2016
4. Table 28 National Rail timetable, December 2023

External links

• Train times and station information for Thurnscoe railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Goldthorpe		Northern Wakefield Line		Moorthorpe