Goole railway station
Goole 
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| Location | |
| Place | Goole |
| Local authority | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Coordinates | 53°42′18″N 0°52′19″W / 53.705124°N 0.872000°WCoordinates: 53°42′18″N 0°52′19″W / 53.705124°N 0.872000°W |
| Grid reference | SE744237 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | GOO |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.294 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.273 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.250 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.296 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.294 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1 October 1869 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Goole from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Goole railway station is a railway station in town of Goole on the Hull and Doncaster Branch in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
The station and its passenger services are managed and provided by Northern. Lines from Goole run north to the Hull and Selby Line at Staddlethorpe; south to the South Humberside Main Line near Thorne; there is also a westward line to Knottingley mostly used by freight, with an infrequent passenger service.
The station opened in 1869 replacing a terminus station in the Goole docks.
The station has a ticket office on platform 2 (southbound), which is staffed part-time (07:00 - 13:30) on weekdays and Saturdays only. A self-service ticket machine is available for use outside of these times and for collecting pre-paid tickets. A waiting room and vending machine are provided on platform 2 and a shelter on platform 1, along with extensive canopies on each side. Digital display screens, timetable posters and automated announcements are used to give train running information. Step-free access is available to both platforms via the ramped subway linking them.
Monday to Saturday daytimes there are two trains an hour eastbound to Hull (some of which continue to Bridlington or Scarborough via the Wolds Coast Line) and towards Doncaster station westbound, with an hourly service onwards to Sheffield.
On Sundays there is generally an hourly fast service between Sheffield and Hull calling at Goole and a two-hourly service all stops to Doncaster and Sheffield that starts/terminates here.
The Pontefract Line has a very limited service of just two trains per day (Monday to Saturday) to Knottingley and Leeds: one in the early morning (07:04) and one in the early evening (18:49). Only one train (the 17:16 from Leeds) runs in the opposite direction (the other early morning one runs empty from Leeds to take up its return working). The service was more frequent in the 1980s, but was reduced in 1991 (due to a DMU shortage) and again in 2004 (when the mid-day service was curtailed at Knottingley). It continues to run mainly so that the TOC meets its statutory franchise requirements and avoids the need for the line to be put through the formal closure process.
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