Bentley (South Yorkshire) railway station

This article is about the station serving Bentley, South Yorkshire. For other stations of the same name, see Bentley railway station (disambiguation).

Bentley (South Yorkshire)
265px Bentley Station in early 2005
Location
Place	Bentley
Local authority	Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster
Coordinates
Grid reference	SE563055
Operations
Station code	BYK
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.114 million
2005/06	0.123 million
2006/07	98,641
2007/08	95,264
2008/09	0.160 million
2009/10	0.154 million
2010/11	0.153 million
2011/12	0.162 million
2012/13	0.157 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
Zone	Doncaster
History
Original company	British Rail
27 April 1992 (1992-04-27)	Station 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 Bentley (South Yorkshire) from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Bentley railway station is a railway station that serves Bentley, South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Wakefield Line and is managed by Northern Rail, who also provide all the passenger trains serving it. It was opened on 27 April 1992 by British Rail with financial assistance from the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive. An earlier wooden halt, Bentley Crossing, built by the West Riding and Grimsby Railway, had previously existed at the same location but was long disused.

A common complaint is the lack of a footbridge between the two platforms. Passengers have to cross through the road barrier to get from one side to the other; therefore they may have to wait until trains have passed, and could miss their trains. The Wakefield line is busy with intercity East Coast services and freight services as well as the northern rail operations.

Bentley is a popular commuting station for Leeds and Wakefield. It has a large car park for the size of the station and as such is a good station for Park and Ride to Doncaster. However possibly due to the footbridge issue, Adwick station is the dedicated park and ride station for Doncaster.

Services

There are two trains per hour in each direction from the station on weekdays, southbound to Doncaster and northbound to Adwick. One southbound service continues to Meadowhall and Sheffield (Mon - Sat daytimes only), whilst one per hour northbound runs to Wakefield Westgate and Leeds.

Sundays see a two-hourly service each way to Doncaster & Leeds.

References

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Doncaster		Northern Rail Sheffield-Hull Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Adwick
		Northern Rail Wakefield Line