Darton railway station
Darton 
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View of the station taken from platform 2
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| Location | |
| Place | Darton |
| Local authority | Barnsley |
| Coordinates | 53°35′17″N 1°31′51″W / 53.5880°N 1.5309°WCoordinates: 53°35′17″N 1°31′51″W / 53.5880°N 1.5309°W |
| Grid reference | SE311102 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | DRT |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.153 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.202 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.189 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.221 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.218 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | South Yorkshire |
| Zone | Barnsley (SYPTE) 5 (WYPTE) |
| History | |
| Original company | Manchester and Leeds Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 1 January 1850 | Station opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Darton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Darton railway station is a railway station in Darton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. Train services are provided by Northern.
The station was opened by the Manchester and Leeds Railway on 1 January 1850.
The railway station is in South Yorkshire but West Yorkshire Metro tickets are also valid to and from this station. The reason for this is that the West-South Yorkshire boundary historically ran between the village and its main source of employment, Woolley Colliery.
The car park at the station was recently 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.
The station is unstaffed and no longer has any permanent buildings aside from standard waiting shelters on each side (the old buildings were demolished after the station lost its staffing in 1970). No ticket machine is provided, so tickets must be bought in advance or on the train. Timetable posters and digital display screens provide train running information and there is step-free access to both platforms.
There is an hourly service to Leeds via Wakefield Kirkgate and Castleford northbound and to Sheffield via Barnsley southbound. The service is two-hourly in each direction on Sundays.
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