Elsecar

CRS Code	ELR
Collected date	19/09/18

Elsecar is a small two platform station serving Elsecar and Hoyland near Barnsley. Both platforms are accessed from Hill Street, which crosses the railway on a bridge at the eastern end of the station. Here's the front of the old station building by the entrance to platform 1:

The south side of the station building:

The other side and entrance to platform 1:

The station building is no longer used by the railway, and there was a planning application notice further down the road:

A ramp leads down from the road towards platform 1:

At the bottom of the ramp looking at the rear of the station building:

Over to the right in the undergrowth is what looks like an old loading bay or platform:

Looking north from platform 2 opposite at the station building and road bridge:

Platform 1, seen from platform 2:

Just by the shelter on platform 1 is this old mile post:

At the northern end of platform 1, looking north:

Looking south along platform 1:

At the other end of platform 1 looking south at a length of disused platform:

Access to the other platform means going back to the road bridge, so let's take a quick look north along the line:

The entrance to platform 2 and to the car park:

Looking down the ramp towards the car park:

The car park, looking back towards the entrance ramp, with platform 2 on the right behind the fence:

An entrance from the car park leads on to platform 2, where we look north at both platforms:

Looking south down the line from the same point:

Further along platform 2 with the ramp back up to street level on the left:

At the far end of platform 2 looking south:

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