| Wombwell | |
| Symbol Location: | gb |
| Symbol: | rail |
| Borough: | Wombwell, Barnsley |
| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 53.5175°N -1.4164°W |
| Grid Name: | Grid reference |
| Manager: | Northern Trains |
| Platforms: | 2 |
| Code: | WOM |
| Zone: | Barnsley |
| Classification: | DfT category F1 |
| Transit Authority: | Travel South Yorkshire |
| Original: | Midland Railway |
| Pregroup: | Midland Railway |
| Postgroup: | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Years: | 1 July 1897 |
| Events: | Opened as Wombwell |
| Years1: | 25 September 1950 |
| Events1: | Renamed Wombwell West |
| Years2: | 20 February 1969 |
| Events2: | Renamed Wombwell |
| Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Wombwell railway station is a railway station serving the town of Wombwell in South Yorkshire, England. The station is 12miles north of Sheffield on the Hallam and Penistone Lines. The station was opened by the Midland Railway on 1 July 1897, and between 25 September 1950 and 20 February 1969 was known as Wombwell West to distinguish it from Wombwell's other railway station, Wombwell Central, which closed in 1959.[1]
CCTV was recently installed for the purposes of crime prevention. Other recent improvements to the station include new signage, lighting, and, for the first time, installation of passenger information display screens to provide real-time service information.[2]
The station car park was extended in 2009 to give a total of 74 spaces for rail users.[3]
The only permanent buildings remaining at the station (which is unmanned) are standard waiting shelters on each platform. Tickets can be bought in advance or at the self-service ticket machine. The aforementioned CIS displays provide train running information, along with timetable poster boards. There is step-free access to both platforms via ramps from the road above.[4]
Services currently run twice per hour Monday to Saturdays to Sheffield (hourly Sundays) and hourly to on the Penistone Line and Leeds via and on the Hallam Line respectively (two-hourly Sundays).[5] One early morning northbound departure terminates at Barnsley and the last of the day at Wakefield Kirkgate.