Hatfield and Stainforth railway station

Hatfield and Stainforth railway station serves the towns of Hatfield and Stainforth in South Yorkshire, England. It is located 6 ³⁄₄ miles (10.9 km) north east of the main Doncaster station.

Hatfield and Stainforth
Location	Hatfield, Doncaster England
Coordinates	53.588880°N 1.023360°W
Grid reference	SE647106
Managed by	Northern
Transit authority	South Yorkshire
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	HFS
Fare zone	Doncaster
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Opened	1866
Passengers
2015/16	90,242
2016/17	81,440
2017/18	76,740
2018/19	73,108
2019/20	86,324
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The original station, known until the 1990s as "Stainforth and Hatfield" and was built in 1866 as a replacement for the South Yorkshire Railway's Stainforth when their line was brought to its present alignment. The station was renamed Hatfield and Stainforth in the 1990s when it was considered that Hatfield was the larger of the two and had the larger population.

The Doncaster Core Strategy includes support for "refurbishment of the railway station and the creation of a rail/bus/park and ride interchange".[1]

Facilities

The station is unstaffed but has a ticket machine. There are no substantial buildings remaining on the platforms other than standard waiting shelters and the fully accessible footbridge linking them to the station entrance and car park. The former station building adjacent to the entrance is still standing - the single customer help point is located on one of its outer walls. Train running information is provided by digital information screens and timetable posters.[2]

Service

Monday to Saturdays there is generally a train every 30 minutes to Doncaster westbound and hourly to Hull and Scunthorpe eastbound.[3] Since May 2019, there are no regular through trains to Sheffield - passengers must change at Doncaster for onward connections.

On Sundays there is a service every hour each way to Hull and Doncaster.

TransPennine Express serves the station with a single Monday-Saturday service in each direction. The westbound service runs to Manchester Airport in the early morning, while the eastbound return service runs to Cleethorpes in the late evening.

There is also a freight only line to the Wakefield Line to South Elmsall, Wakefield and Leeds from here (see West Riding and Grimsby Railway), with additional goods lines passing behind both platforms.

In February 2013 the line northeast of Hatfield and Stainforth station towards Thorne was blocked by the Hatfield Colliery landslip, with all services over the section halted. The line reopened in July 2013.

References

1. Doncaster Core Strategy (PDF)
2. Hatfield and Stainforth station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 20 January 2017
3. Table 29 National Rail timetable, December 2019

External links

• Train times and station information for Hatfield and Stainforth railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Kirk Sandall		Northern Hull and Doncaster Branch		Thorne North
		Northern South Humberside Main Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Thorne South