Darton railway station

Darton
View of the station taken from platform 2
Location
Place	Darton
Local authority	Barnsley
Coordinates	53°35′17″N 1°31′51″W / 53.5880°N 1.5309°W / 53.5880; -1.5309Coordinates: 53°35′17″N 1°31′51″W / 53.5880°N 1.5309°W / 53.5880; -1.5309
Grid reference	SE311102
Operations
Station code	DRT
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.134 million
2005/06 *	0.123 million
2006/07 *	0.123 million
2007/08 *	0.127 million
2008/09 *	0.164 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	South Yorkshire
Zone	Barnsley(SYPTE) & 5(WYPTE)
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Darton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Darton railway station is a railway station in Darton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. Train services are provided by Northern Rail.

The railway station is in South Yorkshire but West Yorkshire PTE tickets are also valid to and from this station.

The car park at the station was recently^[when?] reported by the local police force as having the highest incidence of vehicle break-ins in the Barnsley area, but the installation of CCTV is hoped to address this problem.

Services

There is an hourly service towards Wakefield Kirkgate and Leeds northbound and Barnsley and Sheffield southbound. The service is two-hourly in each direction on Sundays.

External links

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

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Barnsley		Northern Rail Hallam Line		Wakefield Kirkgate