South Elmsall railway station serves the town of

South Elmsall South Elmsall ( ) is a town and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. South Elmsall lies to the east of Hemsworth The town had a population in 2001 of 6,107, increasing to 6,519 at the 2011 Census. History The tow ...

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. It lies on the Wakefield Line operated by

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northwest of Doncaster and was opened in 1866.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and has had its main buildings (formerly located on the northbound platform) and goods shed demolished. There are waiting shelters on both platforms and there is a self-service ticket machine provided for passengers to buy tickets prior to travelling or collect pre-paid tickets. Digital CIS displays, timetable posters and automatic announcements provide train running information. Step-free access to both platforms is via ramps from the road bridge at the north end.

Services

Mondays to Saturdays there is an hourly service to

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via

Wakefield Westgate Wakefield Westgate railway station is a mainline railway station in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It is south of Leeds to the west of the city centre, on the Wakefield Line and Leeds branch of the East Coast Main Line. The first Westgat ...

and to

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with a few additional trains in the weekday peaks. On Sundays there is also an hourly service in both directions in the winter 2019 timetable. The station is less than away from Moorthorpe railway station which means the South Kirkby/South Elmsall area has a half-hourly service towards Leeds right through the week. There is also a freight-only line to the

South Humberside Main Line The South Humberside Main Line runs from Doncaster on the East Coast Main Line to Thorne where it diverges from the Sheffield to Hull Line. It then runs eastwards to Scunthorpe and the Humber ports of Immingham and Grimsby, with the coastal res ...

to Hatfield and Stainforth and beyond (part of the original

West Riding and Grimsby Railway The West Riding and Grimsby Railway was a railway company that promoted a line between Wakefield and Doncaster, in Yorkshire, England. There was also a branch line connection from Adwick le Street to Stainforth, which gave access towards Grimsb ...

) which diverges to the south of the station.

Tickets

The station is in West Yorkshire but

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tickets are valid to and from this station, on services into South Yorkshire. The station is located less than away from Frickley Athletic F.C. The station is featured in the literary works of A. F. Bransdreth who set the final scene of ''Dim the Lights'' on the southbound platform.

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Railway stations in Wakefield DfT Category F1 stations Former West Riding and Grimsby Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1866 Northern franchise railway stations 1866 establishments in England {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub