Conisbrough railway station

Conisbrough
Platform 2
Location
Place	Conisbrough
Local authority	Doncaster
Coordinates	53°29′22″N 1°14′03″W / 53.489380°N 1.234170°W / 53.489380; -1.234170Coordinates: 53°29′22″N 1°14′03″W / 53.489380°N 1.234170°W / 53.489380; -1.234170
Grid reference	SK509994
Operations
Station code	CNS
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	70,234
2005/06 *	71,245
2006/07 *	66,855
2007/08 *	62,391
2008/09 *	79,400
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Travel South Yorkshire
Zone	Doncaster
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Conisbrough from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Conisbrough railway station is a railway station in Conisbrough, South Yorkshire, England. The station is 4.75 miles (8 km) south west of Doncaster towards Sheffield. Nowadays it has two platforms and is served only by stopping services.

History

Railway Clearing House diagram showing lines around Conisbrough in 1910.

The original station was situated some 150 yards (140 m) to the east of the present station and had two sets of station buildings, one for the South Yorkshire Railway, its owners, and another for the Midland Railway , the operators of the first passenger service. Both had their own staff. This station was opened on 10 November 1849, the only station on the new line linking Doncaster and Swinton. This was closed in 1884 with the opening of the new station, built by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. The buildings were in that company's "double pavilion" style and all except the former Station Master's house, on the Sheffield bound platform, have been demolished. Probably its most famous resident was film actor Donald Pleasence, whose father was station master in the 1940s.

Like Mexborough the station had three platforms with the Doncaster bound platform being an island. During Doncaster race meetings this platform was used for "ticket collection" to avoid congestion at Doncaster. In more recent times this platform was used for excursions which required an elongated stop for loading/unloading and could then enable another service to pass and use the other platform face.

In April 1993 the station received new signing as part of a general clean-up and was equipped with ramps to give disabled access to the Doncaster-bound platform. The new signs gave the spelling of the name as "Conisborough", however, these were replaced by 21 May with the spelling corrected.

The former Earth Centre, built on the site of Cadeby Main colliery, adjoins the station and Conisbrough Castle, considered to have the finest Norman keep in the country, is a short walk away.

Service

All services from this station are operated by Northern Rail (with exception of one daily First Trans Pennine Express Service). All services operate between Doncaster and Sheffield on a half hourly basis, one train an hour extends from Doncaster to Adwick VIA Bentley and the other extends from Doncaster to Scunthorpe VIA Thorne. An hourly extension from Sheffield operates to Lincoln VIA Worksop & Gainsborough.

Evenings and Sundays there is an hourly service towards both Sheffield and Doncaster (two-hourly to Goole).

References

• The South Yorkshire Railway, D.L.Franks. Turntable Enterprises 1971. 0-90284-404-4
• Tales from the Singal Box, Part 2 Lowfield Junction, D.L.Franks. Forward, Journal of the Great Central Railway Society.

External links

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

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Mexborough		Northern Rail Sheffield-Hull Line		Doncaster