Woodhouse railway station serves Woodhouse and Woodhouse Mill in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The station is 5.25 miles (8 km) east of Sheffield station on the Sheffield to Lincoln Line.
Woodhouse  | |||||
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 The station in 2005 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Woodhouse, City of Sheffield England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°21′50″N 1°21′27″W / 53.36382°N 1.35753°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SK428854 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Transit authority | Travel South Yorkshire | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | WDH | ||||
| Fare zone | Sheffield | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| October 1850 | First station opened as Woodhouse Junction | ||||
| 11 October 1875 | Resited 640 m west and renamed Woodhouse | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  37,276 | ||||
| 2020/21 |  7,072 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 20,606 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 27,492 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 33,496 | ||||
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The next station east was Waleswood, until its closure in 1955, and is now Kiveton Bridge. The next station west is Darnall. Beighton railway station, originally adjacent to the junction with the Midland Railway, but rebuilt by the MS&LR when it began work on its "Derbyshire Lines", was until 1954 the next station south.
Woodhouse Mill, Orgreave and Fence were served by a station on the North Midland Railway named Woodhouse Mill.
From 1955 until removal in 1981, the Barnsley Junction-Rotherwood segment of the Manchester – Sheffield – Wath electrification terminated slightly west of the Woodhouse station platforms, within sight of the station.[1]
History
editThe present station is the second built to serve the community of Woodhouse, then separate from and not under the governance of Sheffield. The railway line between Sheffield and Gainsborough was proposed by the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway (S&LJR); upon authorisation of this line in August 1846, the S&LJR amalgamated with other railways to form the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR).
The first section of the S&LJR line, between Sheffield and Beighton (on the Midland Railway) opened on 12 February 1849; the second section, which left the first near Woodhouse and ran to Gainsborough, opened on 17 July 1849. A station at the junction was opened by the MS&LR in October 1850, named Woodhouse Junction.[2][3][4]
The original station was at the bottom of Junction Lane, adjacent to the present Woodhouse Junction, formerly East Junction, signal box and was built to serve the communities of Beighton, then within Derbyshire, and Woodhouse. This station was closed on 11 October 1875 and replaced on the same day by a new station 700 yards (640 m) to the west, named Woodhouse.[4] The new station was one of the earliest examples of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway's Double Pavilion designs at its present location.
Platforms
editThe current station has two platforms; what looks like a third disused and overgrown platform on the Down Side (Sheffield bound side) is a former Goods loading bay, whilst on the Up side (Worksop bound), again what looks like a disused platform is actually the truncated former Up Goods line that ran behind the Up Main platform.[5][6] A number of goods sidings exist immediately to the east, which see sporadic use by engineers trains.
Colliery lines
editWoodhouse was the hub of two colliery branches: to the west a branch to Orgreave Colliery, which was extended to reach Treeton Colliery under the MS&LR (Extension to London) Act 1893 and opened on 10 October 1898, and, to the east, from Woodhouse East Junction, the Birley Branch, which served the Birley Collieries, belonging to the Sheffield Coal Company.
Facilities
editThe station is unmanned and has no ticket provision - these must be bought in advance of travel or on the train. The buildings on both sides remain intact and each have waiting areas within. Train running information is provided by a customer help point on platform 1, display screens and timetable posters. Step-free access is only available to platform 1, as the footbridge from there to platform 2 has steps.[7]
Services
editAll services at Woodhouse are operated by Northern Trains using Class 150 and 195 DMUs.[8]
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[9]
On Sundays, the station is served by an hourly service between Lincoln and Sheffield, with some services continuing to Huddersfield.
There is an ongoing proposition by FirstGroup's Hull Trains to begin a new service between London King's Cross to Sheffield, stopping at Worksop station, giving Woodhouse its first direct service to London in decades.[10] If this plan were to go ahead, FirstGroup predicts its operations to begin by 2025.[11][12]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Northern Trains | ||||
| Proposed services | ||||
| Sheffield | Sheffield by Hull Trains East Coast Main Line
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Worksop | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
Line and station open | Great Central Railway | Line open, station closed |
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References
edit- ^ Johnson, EM (September 2001). Scenes from the Past 29 (Part Three): Woodhead The Electric Railway. Stockport: Foxline. p. 140. ISBN 1-870119-81-9.
- ^ Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 160. CN 8983.
- ^ Dow, George (1959). Great Central, Volume One: The Progenitors, 1813-1863. Shepperton: Ian Allan. pp. 122, 127. ISBN 0-7110-1468-X.
- ^ a b Butt, RVJ (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 254. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ^ Scenes from the past:43 Sheffield Victoria to Chesterfield Central: Vol 1 p. 51 by Ken Grainger
- ^ "Disused Stations: Woodhouse Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ Woodhouse station facilities National Rail Enquiries
- ^ "Northern place one third of new Class 195 and Class 331 fleet into service". Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ Table 30 National Rail timetable, May 2022
- ^ "Plan for new, quicker London-Sheffield train service unveiled". The Independent. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ https://bmmagazine.co.uk/news/new-london-to-sheffield-train-service-planned-for-2025/|title= "New London To Sheffield train service planned for 2025"
- ^ "Hull Trains Sheffield Route Proposal". Retrieved 24 September 2024.
Further reading
edit- Milnes, Roger. "East of Sheffield". Forward (16). Great Central Railway Society. ISSN 0141-4488.
- Grainger, Ken. Scenes from the past:43 Sheffield Victoria to Chesterfield Central, The 'Derbyshire Lines' of the Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway Part One ISBN 1-870119-83-5
External links
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- Train times and station information for Woodhouse railway station from National Rail