Elsecar train station

You can reach 22 stations directly from Elsecar on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Barnsley Interchange, with 76 trains a day.

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Elsecar is the nearest station for postcodes in S74. Check your own postcode.

22 direct destinations
1,406th busiest in Britain
Unstaffed
Step-free in part
6 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Elsecar

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Barnsley Interchange	76	76	32
Chapeltown	76	76	32
Meadowhall Interchange	76	76	32
Sheffield	76	76	32
Wombwell	76	76	32
Castleford	36	36	16
Darton	38	37	16
Leeds	37	37	16
Normanton	37	37	16
Woodlesford	37	37	16
Wakefield Kirkgate	38	37	16
Dodworth	34	35	14
Penistone	34	35	14
Silkstone Common	34	35	14
Berry Brow	34	35	13
Brockholes	34	35	13
Denby Dale	34	35	13
Honley	34	35	13
Lockwood	34	35	13
Shepley	34	35	13
Stocksmoor	34	35	13
Darnall	0	0	7
Gainsborough Lea Road	0	0	7
Kiveton Bridge	0	0	7
Kiveton Park	0	0	7
Lincoln	0	0	7
Retford	0	0	7
Shireoaks	0	0	7
Saxilby	0	0	7
Woodhouse	0	0	7
Worksop	0	0	7
Alfreton	0	0	1
Chesterfield	0	0	1
Dronfield	0	0	1
Ilkeston	0	0	1
Langley Mill	0	0	1
Nottingham	0	0	1

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Lines serving Elsecar

Elsecar is on the Hallam Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through Elsecar station, hour by hour

Freight is booked through or alongside Elsecar station on 1 path in the week beginning 12 October 2026: no paths on the Wednesday, no paths on the Saturday and 1 path on the Sunday. It is held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move.

The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.

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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless

How busy Elsecar station is

196,124 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,406th busiest station in Great Britain.

More journeys run between Elsecar and Sheffield than any other pair: 64,994 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.