Wombwell was the day's first station, a small town near Barnsley with two platforms connected by a road bridge. Both platforms are accessed from Hough Lane which crosses the station at its southern end. Here's the approach to platform 1, for trains southbound towards Elsecar:
The entrance to platform 1 from the road:
A ramp leads down to platform 1:
The ramp reaches platform 1 next to a bike shelter and looking north towards the waiting shelter:
Looking south at the shelter area:
Next to the ramp looking south at the road bridge, as a workman on the right works on the signalling:
Looking south under the bridge:
Looking north from the southern end of platform 1:
At the very end of platform 1 looking north along the railway:
Looking south along both platforms:
From near the road bridge we can look north at the station:
Back up on the road bridge we can look south along the line from the bridge:
And looking north at the station's platforms:
On the other side of the line, a ramp leads down from Hough Road next to the car park:
Platform 2:
Looking across at platform 2 from platform 1:
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