Doncaster railway station
Doncaster 
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The frontage at Doncaster
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| Location | |
| Place | Doncaster |
| Local authority | Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster |
| Coordinates | 53°31′21″N 1°08′22″W / 53.5225°N 1.1395°WCoordinates: 53°31′21″N 1°08′22″W / 53.5225°N 1.1395°W |
| Grid reference | SE571032 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | DON |
| Managed by | Virgin Trains East Coast |
| Number of platforms | 9 |
| DfT category | B |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 3.883 million |
| – Interchange |
1.284 million |
| 2012/13 |
 3.835 million |
| – Interchange |
1.278 million |
| 2013/14 |
3.409 million |
| – Interchange |
1.250 million |
| 2014/15 |
3.678 million |
| – Interchange |
1.320 million |
| 2015/16 |
3.752 million |
| – Interchange |
1.374 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | South Yorkshire |
| Zone | Doncaster |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Doncaster from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Doncaster railway station serves the town of Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the East Coast Main Line 156 miles (251 km) north of London King's Cross and managed by Virgin Trains East Coast. It is a major passenger interchange between the East Coast Main Line and Cross Country Route and local services running across the North of England. It is also the point for which Virgin Trains East Coast services from London divide, either branching off to Leeds or continuing north to Scotland via Newcastle and the North East.
The railway station was built in 1849 replacing a temporary structure constructed a year earlier. 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 will be used by terminating Northern services to Hull, Beverley, Bridlington and Scarborough. This will allow these services to operate independently of the East Coast Main Line. It is joined to the rest of the station via a fully accessible overbridge.
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, and 0, 6 and 7 are north facing bays. A First Class Lounge is available on platform 3A.
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