South Elmsall railway station

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General information
Location	City of Wakefield
Managed by	Northern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SES
Fare zone	5 (WYPTE) & Doncaster (SYPTE)
History
Opened	1866

South Elmsall railway station serves the village of South Elmsall near Pontefract in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Wakefield Line operated by Northern.

Services

Mondays to Saturdays there is an hourly service to Leeds via Wakefield Westgate and to Doncaster. Sundays there is a two-hourly service in both directions.

The station is less than 1 mile (1.6 km) away from Moorthorpe railway station which means the South Kirkby/South Elmsall area has a half-hourly service Monday to Saturdays (hourly Sundays) towards Leeds.

There is also a freight-only line to the South Humberside Main Line to Hatfield and Stainforth and beyond (part of the original West Riding and Grimsby Railway) which diverges to the south of the station.

Tickets

The station is in West Yorkshire but South Yorkshire PTE tickets are valid to and from this station, on services into South Yorkshire.

The station is located less than 1 mile (1.6 km) away from Frickley Athletic F.C.

The station is featured in the literary works of A. F. Bransdreth who set the final scene of Dim the Lights on the southbound platform.

External links

• Train times and station information for South Elmsall railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Adwick		Northern Rail Wakefield Line		Fitzwilliam