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Wombwell

CRS Code WOM
Collected date 19/09/18

Wombwell sign

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:

Wombwell approach road

The entrance to platform 1 from the road:

Wombwell platform 1 entrance

A ramp leads down to platform 1:

Wombwell platform 1 exit ramp

The ramp reaches platform 1 next to a bike shelter and looking north towards the waiting shelter:

Wombwell platform 1 shelter

Looking south at the shelter area:

Wombwell platform 1 looking south

Next to the ramp looking south at the road bridge, as a workman on the right works on the signalling:

Wombwell bridge

Looking south under the bridge:

Wombwell looking south

Looking north from the southern end of platform 1:

Wombwell platform 1 looking north

At the very end of platform 1 looking north along the railway:

Wombwell looking north

Looking south along both platforms:

Wombwell platforms looking south

From near the road bridge we can look north at the station:

Wombwell platforms looking north

Back up on the road bridge we can look south along the line from the bridge:

Wombwell looking south from bridge

And looking north at the station's platforms:

Wombwell looking north from bridge

On the other side of the line, a ramp leads down from Hough Road next to the car park:

Wombwell platform 2 ramp

Platform 2:

Wombwell platform 2

Looking across at platform 2 from platform 1:

Wombwell platform 2 seen from platform 1