Kirk Sandall railway station

Kirk Sandall
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Location
Place	Kirk Sandall
Local authority	Doncaster
Coordinates
Grid reference	SE613077
Operations
Station code	KKS
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	0.102 million
2005/06	0.107 million
2006/07	0.101 million
2007/08	0.101 million
2008/09	0.142 million
2009/10	0.143 million
2010/11	0.159 million
2011/12	0.172 million
2012/13	0.161 million
2013/14	95,100
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	South Yorkshire
Zone	Doncaster
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kirk Sandall from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Kirk Sandall railway station serves the suburb of Kirk Sandall in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The station is 4 miles (6 km) north of Doncaster on the South Humberside Main Line. The current station opened by British Rail in 1991 and is not on the site of the original station, which was about 0.5 miles (1 km) up the line eastwards.

Service

The station provides hourly service eastbound to Scunthorpe and Hull during the daytime Monday through Saturday. Westbound service comprises two trains per hour to Doncaster with one continuing to Sheffield.

In the evening hourly service is provided toward Hull and Sheffield, and a two-hourly service towards Goole eastbound and Sheffield westbound on Sunday. There are also a few services that go to Scarborough via Bridlington.

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.

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Doncaster		Northern Rail South Humberside Main Line		Hatfield and Stainforth