Everything about Doncaster Railway Station totally explained
Doncaster railway station serves the town of
Doncaster, in
South Yorkshire,
England. It is situated on the
East Coast Main Line, and is about ten minutes walk from Doncaster town centre. The station is managed by
National Express East Coast. It is a major passenger interchange between the
East Coast Main Line, Cross-Country services, and local services running across the North of England.
Description
The station has 8 platforms on two islands. Platforms 1, 3, 4 and 8 take through trains. Platforms 2 and 5 are south-facing bays, and 6 and 7 are north facing bays. A First Class Lounge for passengers with 'First Open' tickets is available on platform 3A.
The station has recently been refurbished and is now directly connected to the new
Frenchgate Centre extension in Doncaster town centre. The station now has a new booking office for tickets and information, three new lifts, refurbished staircases and subway. A branch of WH Smiths recently opened too. Platform 1 is for the National Express East Coast, Hull Trains and Northern Rail trains.
Whilst all platforms are cuurently operational, platform 2 isn't currently used for any timetabled service.
Services
6 train operators call at Doncaster this is equal to other big stations in the UK.
Train operators which call at Doncaster include:
CrossCountry
CrossCountry offers similar services to the North, but offers a more widespread network to the south, calling at places such as
Sheffield,
Derby,
Birmingham,
Bristol,
Cardiff and
Paignton and sometimes as far as
Penzance.
East Midlands Trains
East Midlands Trains offer a limited direct service to
London St. Pancras and to
Leeds and
York. Services to London run via
Sheffield,
Chesterfield,
Derby and
Leicester but less often than National Express East Coast; They also operate a local service to
Lincoln which occasionally extends to
Sleaford and
Peterborough.
First TransPennine Express
First TransPennine Express serve stations from Doncaster towards the East to
Cleethorpes, and to the West, as far as
Manchester Airport, providing Doncaster with a direct link to
Manchester Piccadilly. First TransPennine services operate hourly in each direction generally.
National Express East Coast
National Express East Coast offers regular direct trains services to London, which can now be reached in 85 - 100 minutes, depending on the service. On some National Express East Coast services, Doncaster is the first stop after departing London King's Cross. National Express East Coast also offers services to the North, to cities such as
Leeds(terminating services),
York,
Durham,
Newcastle,
Edinburgh,
Glasgow and
Aberdeen. On Sundays only the Highland Cheiftan service from London stops at Doncaster en-route to
Inverness.
Hull Trains
Hull Trains operates services from London - Hull. Via Doncaster.
Northern Rail
Northern Rail generally offers services from Doncaster to stations within
Yorkshire and
Lincolnshire, such as
Sheffield,
Leeds and
Lincoln. They provide stopper services, which stop at every station along-route, and 'fast' services, stopping at just the principal stations. It is possible to travel on Northern Rail to
Retford from Doncaster, via
Sheffield, on a direct train. However this involves a journey of 80 minutes. The direct National Express East Coast service takes, on average, just 14 minutes.
Other Plans
Grand Central Railway also plans on commencing a route from
Bradford to
London King's Cross calling at Doncaster station, although this has yet to be finalised and is subject to final approval.
There were plans to add platforms 9 and 10 to cope with
Eurostar trains but this was cancelled.
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In the Media
In
1973 the station was featured in the first episode of
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, entitled
Strangers on a Train. It starred
James Bolam and
Rodney Bewes although only Bolam was featured in location filming at the station, which took place in late
1972.
Although it isn't known whereabouts in the station the scenes were placed, signs for
Grimsby Town and
Scunthorpe are visible behind Bolam.
Further Information
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