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{{Short description|Railway station in South Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox station
| name                = Elsecar
| symbol_location     = gb
| symbol              = rail
| image               = Elsecar_Station_2018.jpg
| caption             = Elsecar railway station 2018
| borough             = [[Elsecar]], [[Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley|Barnsley]]
| country             = England
| coordinates         = {{coord|53.499|-1.427|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name           = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position       = {{gbmapscaled|SE381004|25|SE381004}}
| manager             = [[Northern Trains]]
| platforms           = 2
| code                = ELR
| zone                = Barnsley
| classification      = [[United Kingdom railway station categories|DfT category]] F1
| transit_authority   = [[South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive|Travel South Yorkshire]]
| opened              = 1 July 1897
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| footnotes           = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]]
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'''Elsecar railway station''' is a [[railway station]] serving the village of [[Elsecar]] in [[South Yorkshire]], England. It is on the [[Penistone Line]] and [[Hallam Line]] served by [[Northern Trains]]. The station was opened by the [[Midland Railway]] in July 1897 and was at one time known as Elsecar & Hoyland.

CCTV was recently installed for the purposes of crime prevention. Other improvements to the station include new signage, lighting, and the installation of passenger information display screens to provide real-time service information.

A new 85-bay car park at the station was opened in November 2013 – funded by South Yorkshire PTE, this cost £500,000 and is located behind the northbound platform.<ref>[http://www.sypte.co.uk/media.aspx?id=3719 "Elsecar Park and Ride to open"]''SYPTE'' press release 6 November 2013; Retrieved 17 January 2017</ref>

==Facilities==
Elsecar station is unstaffed and has no permanent buildings. Standard waiting shelters are provided on each side, along with a customer help point on platform 1. Train running information is offered via the display screens at the entrance to, and on the platforms and via timetable information posters. Step-free access is available to each platform via ramps,<ref>[https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/ELR/details.html Elsecar station facilities] ''National Rail Enquiries''; Retrieved 17 January 2017</ref> there are two ramps to the Northbound platform. There are bicycle storage facilities on both platforms.

Ticket machines were installed on each platform in 2018, however these are currently out of use as of May 2021 due to vandalism.

==Service==
On weekdays and Saturdays by two trains per hour towards {{rws|Sheffield}} and two trains per hour to {{rws|Barnsley}}, one continuing to {{rws|Leeds}} via {{rws|Castleford}} and the other to {{rws|Huddersfield}} via {{rws|Penistone}}. The first northbound departure each day runs to Barnsley only, whilst the last northbound one terminates at Wakefield Kirkgate.<ref>{{NRtimes|May 2023|27}}</ref>

On Sundays, trains run every hour (approximately) to Sheffield and every two hours to Huddersfield and Leeds.

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==See also==
*[[Elsecar Steam Railway]]
*[[Earl Fitzwilliam's private railway station]]
*[[Rockingham (South Yorkshire) railway station]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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{{South Yorkshire railway stations}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Barnsley]]
[[Category:DfT Category F1 stations]]
[[Category:Former Midland Railway stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1897]]
[[Category:Railway stations served by Northern]]
[[Category:Hoyland]]