Adwick railway station

Adwick railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Adwick
code = AWK



caption = Old Adwick Station in early 2004.
manager = Northern Rail
locale = Adwick-le-Street
borough = Doncaster
pte = South Yorkshire
zone = n/a
usage0405 = 0.176
usage0506 = 0.176
usage0607 = 0.157
years = March 1866
events = Station opens as Adwick
years1 = 1867
events1 = Station renamed Adwick-le-Street and Carcroft
years2 = 1 May 1880
events2 = Station renamed Carcroft and Adwick-le-Street
years3 = 6 November 1967
events3 = Station closes
years4 = 11 October 1993
events4 = New station opens as Adwick on new site
platforms = 2

Adwick railway station serves the communities of Adwick-le-Street and Carcroft, near Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. Located on the line linking Leeds to Doncaster via Wakefield, immediately south-east of the point where it passes beneath Church Lane, the present station is the second to serve Adwick: the first, the main building of which still stands, lay on the other side of the present road bridge.

History

Opened in March 1866 as an intermediate stop on the West Riding and Grimsby Railway's main line from Wakefield Westgate to Doncaster, the station was at first called "Adwick-le-Street and Carcroft"; the name was changed in 1880 to "Carcroft and Adwick-le-Street".

The station's main building, which still stands today – though no longer part of the present station – comprised a booking office, waiting room, and station master's house. Situated on the Doncaster-bound (up) platform, it was constructed of rock-faced stone, with hipped roofs and a spire which was part of the living quarters. The Leeds-bound (down) platform was served by a small wooden, enclosed waiting shelter. This station was closed for goods traffic in June 1965 and for passengers in 1967.

Adwick was reopened, with new platforms to the south-east of the original station site, by the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive in 1993.

ervices

Within reach of the A1 Junctions 37 and 38 and just off the A638, Adwick station provides a park and ride for Doncaster and a commuting station for Wakefield and Leeds. The station boasts ample free parking and an on-site ticket office.

Northern Rail run rail services to Doncaster twice-hourly and to Leeds & Sheffield every hour. Unlike Bentley railway station, Adwick possesses a footbridge and a road bridge allowing traffic and pedestrians to pass unhindered from parking to platform 2. People living in the northern end of Bentley have been known to use Adwick instead of their own station due to the better accessibilityFact|date=February 2007.

References

*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd
year=1995
ISBN 1 85260 508 1

*cite book|author=A. Jowett, |title= Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas |publisher=Atlantic Publishing |year=2000 ISBN 0 906899 99 0

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