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Doncaster railway station is on the East Coast Main Line in England, serving the city of Doncaster, South Yorkshire. It is 155 miles 77 chains (251 km) down the line from London King's Cross and is situated between Retford and York on the main line. It is managed by London North Eastern Railway.

Doncaster
The frontage at Doncaster
General information
Location	Doncaster, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster England
Coordinates	53.5225°N 1.1395°W / 53.5225; -1.1395
Grid reference	SE571032
Managed by	London North Eastern Railway
Transit authority	South Yorkshire
Platforms	9 (numbered 0–8)
Other information
Station code	DON
Fare zone	Doncaster
Classification	DfT category B
Passengers
2016/17	3.826 million
Interchange	1.436 million
2017/18	3.857 million
Interchange	1.490 million
2018/19	3.918 million
Interchange	1.729 million
2019/20	3.946 million
Interchange	1.767 million
2020/21	0.890 million
Interchange	0.264 million
Listed Building – Grade II
Feature	Station Booking Hall and Offices
Designated	25 April 1988
Reference no.	1193202[1]
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

It is a major passenger interchange between the main line, Cross Country Route and local services running across the North of England. It is also the point for which London North Eastern Railway services branching off to Leeds diverge from the main route continuing north towards Edinburgh.

History

The railway station was built in 1849 replacing a temporary structure constructed a year earlier.[2] It was rebuilt in its present form in 1938 and has had several slight modifications since that date, most notably in 2006, when the new interchange and connection to Frenchgate Centre opened.

In May 2015, construction commenced on a new Platform 0 to the north-east of the station adjacent to the Frenchgate Centre on the site of the former cattle dock. It is used by terminating Northern Trains services to Hull, Beverley, Bridlington and Scarborough. This allowed these services to operate independently of the East Coast Main Line.[3][4] It is joined to the rest of the station via a fully accessible overbridge.[5]

Station Masters

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Platforms

The station has nine platforms on three islands. Platforms 1, 3, 4 and 8 can take through trains. Platforms 2 and 5 are south-facing bays; platforms 0, 6 and 7 are north facing bays. A first class lounge is available on platform 3A.

• Platform 0 is used to take almost exclusively Northern Trains services to and from Hull, Beverley and Bridlington. The brand new platform opened on 12 December 2016.[14]
• Platform 1 is used by southbound London North Eastern Railway, Grand Central and Hull Trains services to London King's Cross.
• Platform 2 has no scheduled trains.
• Platform 3A is used by London North Eastern Railway, Grand Central and Hull Trains services to London King's Cross
• Platform 3B is used by Northern Trains services to Sheffield and TransPennine Express services to Manchester Piccadilly
• Between platforms 3 and 4 are the high speed up and down lines to/from London
• Platform 4 is used by northbound London North Eastern Railway services to York, Newcastle and Edinburgh, Grand Central services to Bradford Interchange, Hull Trains services to Hull, Northern Trains through services to Bridlington and Scarborough and TransPennine Express services to Cleethorpes. Southbound CrossCountry services towards Birmingham New Street also use this platform.
• Platform 5 is a bay platform used by East Midlands Railway services to Lincoln and Northern Trains services to Sheffield
• Platform 6 is a bay platform used by Northern Trains services to Leeds.
• Platform 7 is seldom in public use, but is used by Northern Trains services to Scunthorpe when it is.
• Platform 8 is used by northbound London North Eastern Railway services towards Leeds; CrossCountry services to Newcastle; and Northern Trains services in both directions – southbound to Sheffield and northbound to Adwick and Scunthorpe. Services towards Birmingham New Street also use this platform.

There were plans to add platforms 9 and 10 to cope with Eurostar trains but this project was cancelled when it was decided that Eurostar would not serve Britain outside the South East of England.

There are presently no ticket barriers in operation at this station; however, on race days at Doncaster Racecourse, manual ticket checks are in operation in the subway.

The station was refurbished in 2006 and is now directly connected to the 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. There is a newsagent and some food outlets. More recently, interactive touch screens have been installed around the station by London North Eastern Railway services to provide information about local attractions, live departures and disruptions and station facilities. In addition, mobile phone charging points are now available on the concourse, touch screen and self-service ticketing machines have been installed across the concourse; the stairways to the subway have now been divided into two way systems to improve the flow of passengers during peak times.

In a route study by Network Rail, it was proposed that new platforms could be built on the western side of the station to meet expected demand in the future.[15]

In March 2019, it was revealed that there were plans, as part of the East Coast improvement programme in Control Period 6, to add an additional platform at Doncaster.[16]

Accidents and incidents

• Main article: Doncaster rail crash (1947)
  On 9 August 1947, a passenger train was in a rear-end collision with another due to a signalman's error. 18 people were killed and 188 were injured.[17]
• Main article: Doncaster rail crash (1951)
  On 16 March 1951, a derailment occurred south of the station in which 14 passengers were killed and 12 seriously injured.

Services

Seven train operating companies call at Doncaster, which is the highest number of companies in the UK and is also equal in number only to Crewe, and Edinburgh Waverley in the UK. These operators are the following:

CrossCountry
CrossCountry operates a very limited service. One daily weekday service operates south to Banbury via Birmingham New Street and two evening services run to Derby. Sundays see three morning services heading south, two running to Bristol Temple Meads and one terminating at Birmingham New Street. Three daily weekday services operate north to Newcastle via York. On Sundays, there are no departures north.

East Midlands Railway
East Midlands Railway operates a local service to Lincoln which occasionally extends to Sleaford and Peterborough.[18]

Grand Central
Grand Central operates services between Bradford Interchange and King's Cross.

Hull Trains
Hull Trains operates services between London King's Cross and Hull or Beverley via Selby.

London North Eastern Railway
London North Eastern Railway offers regular (55 trains per day) services to London King's Cross, Leeds, Harrogate, York, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow Central.[19]

Northern Trains
Northern Trains generally offers services from Doncaster to Sheffield, Leeds and Hull.

TransPennine Express
TransPennine Express operates services eastbound to Cleethorpes, and westbound to Manchester Piccadilly. TransPennine services operate hourly in each direction generally.[20]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Sheffield		CrossCountry Cross Country Route		York
Retford or Newark North Gate		London North Eastern Railway London-York/Newcastle/Edinburgh		York
Grantham or Peterborough or Retford		London North Eastern Railway London-Leeds		Wakefield Westgate
Grantham or Peterborough		London North Eastern Railway London-West Yorkshire		Wakefield Westgate
Newark North Gate or Retford		London North Eastern Railway London-Newcastle/Edinburgh/York		York
Newark North Gate		London North Eastern Railway London – Edinburgh/Scotland express		York
Retford or Newark North Gate		London North Eastern Railway London-Doncaster		Terminus
Newark North Gate or Grantham		London North Eastern Railway London – Hull One train per day		Selby
Terminus		East Midlands Railway Doncaster-Lincoln Line		Gainsborough Lea Road
Retford		Hull Trains London – Hull/Beverley		Selby
Meadowhall		TransPennine Express South Humberside Main Line		Scunthorpe
Conisbrough		Northern South Humberside Main Line		Kirk Sandall
Terminus		Northern Wakefield Line		Bentley
London King's Cross		Grand Central West Riding		Pontefract Monkhill or Wakefield Kirkgate
	Future Services
Sheffield		Northern Connect Sheffield – Hull		Hull
Sheffield		TBA Northern Powerhouse Rail		Hull
	Historical railways
Terminus		Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint		Bessacarr Line open, station closed
Rossington Line open, station closed		Great Northern Railway East Coast Main Line		Arksey Line open, station closed

See also

• Listed buildings in Doncaster (Town Ward)
• Joan Croft Halt railway station (North Doncaster Chord project)
• Doncaster Works – a locomotive works adjacent to the station.

References

External links

Media related to Doncaster railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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

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