Swinton (South Yorkshire) railway station
Swinton (South Yorkshire) 
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Swinton railway station in 1991
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| Location | |
| Place | Swinton |
| Local authority | Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham |
| Coordinates | 53°29′11″N 1°18′21″W / 53.4863°N 1.3058°WCoordinates: 53°29′11″N 1°18′21″W / 53.4863°N 1.3058°W |
| Grid reference | SK461990 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SWN |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| 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 |
 0.389 million |
| – Interchange |
 2,722 |
| 2012/13 |
0.401 million |
| – Interchange |
3,013 |
| 2013/14 |
0.356 million |
| – Interchange |
3,259 |
| 2014/15 |
0.403 million |
| – Interchange |
3,664 |
| 2015/16 |
0.391 million |
| – Interchange |
3,458 |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Travel South Yorkshire |
| Zone | Rotherham |
| History | |
| 1990 | Re-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 Swinton (South Yorkshire) from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Swinton railway station is a railway station in Swinton, South Yorkshire, England. It has three platforms and a small bus station, and lies at the junction of the former North Midland Railway main line between Rotherham Masborough and Leeds via Cudworth and the former South Yorkshire Railway line to Doncaster.
There have been three stations on the North Midland Railway line at Swinton, the first of which, opened in 1840, built by the N.M.R. occupied the site of the present station, goods facilities occupying what is now the car park. This was replaced by a second station north of the present site, on the opposite side of the road bridge, built by the Midland Railway. This station became known as Swinton Town to distinguish it from Swinton Central on the former Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway line. It was served by stopping trains from Sheffield Midland to York and to Leeds City via Cudworth. The station closed in January 1968 with the rationalisation of local rail services in South Yorkshire. The original station buildings still remain at street level and are used for light industry.
By the late 1980s it was realised that South Yorkshire railways had been cut back too far in the 1960s; in particular, Swinton/Wath-upon-Dearne/Kilnhurst lacked a station. The South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority put forward a four-year plan for the improvement of services and stations as part of their Rail Development Plan, this leading to the re-instatement of the "Swinton Curve", from the former North Midland Railway at Swinton to the former South Yorkshire Railway at Mexborough West Junction, the building of a new station at Swinton and the re-routing of all passenger trains via this route. Immediately after reopening by British Rail in 1990 it was unstaffed, but increased passenger usage led to the establishment in the 1990s of initially a small cabin staffed for the morning peak period only. The cabin later was replaced by a brick building for the ticket office, waiting room and toilet. It is also an interchange for local bus services to Wath and Manvers.
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