Mexborough railway station
Mexborough 
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| Location | |
| Place | Mexborough |
| Local authority | Doncaster |
| Coordinates | 53°29′28″N 1°17′20″W / 53.491°N 1.289°WCoordinates: 53°29′28″N 1°17′20″W / 53.491°N 1.289°W |
| Grid reference | SK472996 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | MEX |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | D |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.327 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.312 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.201 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.219 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.215 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Travel South Yorkshire |
| Zone | Doncaster |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 4 March 1871 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Mexborough from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Mexborough railway station serves the former mining town of Mexborough, South Yorkshire, England. It is a station on the Sheffield to Doncaster Line 7 miles (11 km) south west of Doncaster.
As the original station at Mexborough Junction did not serve the line to Rotherham and Sheffield when this opened it was replaced by a new station built immediately on the Doncaster side of the junction. The new station was approximately halfway between Mexborough Junction and Mexborough (Ferry Boat) Halt and was able to serve the town centre at the top of Station Road.
It was on 1 June 1874 that the third side of the triangle (Mexborough Reverse Curve) was put in place which allowed trains to work from the Sheffield line to Barnsley without need of reversal. This was closed on 5 September 1966.
The Barnsley to Doncaster local passenger services were withdrawn on 29 June 1959 and further changes in the area took place with the opening of Aldwarke Junction in 1966. From this date all passenger trains to Sheffield were routed to Sheffield Midland: at first via the Swinton curve, until its closure in January 1968, and thereafter via the Great Central route through the closed Kilnhurst Central. Nowadays trains mostly operate via the re-instated Swinton curve to the new Swinton (a few passenger trains still use the old GCR line for operational reasons).
Mexborough once had a third platform which, in effect, made the Sheffield-bound platform an "island". This was used occasionally for regular passenger services travelling via the Great Central line to Sheffield but more often by excursion trains to East Coast resorts such as Scarborough, Bridlington and Cleethorpes. This platform face ceased to be used in the late 1970s but can still be seen.
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