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Barnsley Interchange
Barnsley Interchange
General information
Location	Eldon Street North, Barnsley town centre; Barnsley (S70 1SE); United Kingdom
Owned by	South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
Operated by	South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
Bus stands	24
Bus operators	Globe Coaches, National Express, Powell's Bus, Stagecoach Yorkshire, TM Travel, Waterson Coaches
Construction
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	20 May 2007

Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Barnsley Interchange
Barnsley Interchange
General information
Location	Barnsley, Barnsley; England
Coordinates	53°33′15″N 1°28′39″W / 53.554080°N 1.477590°W
Grid reference	SE347065
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	Travel South Yorkshire
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BNY
Fare zone	Barnsley
Classification	DfT category C2
History
Opened	1850
Original company	Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield & Goole Railway
Pre-grouping	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 January 1850	Opened as Barnsley
2 June 1924	Renamed Barnsley Low Town
1 August 1924	Renamed Barnsley Exchange
13 June 1960	Renamed Barnsley
20 May 2007	Renamed Barnsley Interchange
Passengers
2019/20	1.338 million
Interchange	31,803
2020/21	0.314 million
Interchange	4,562
2021/22	1.033 million
Interchange	19,202
2022/23	1.213 million
Interchange	22,708
2023/24	1.398 million
Interchange	26,961
Notes
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Barnsley Interchange is a combined rail and bus station in the centre of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. It was first opened in 1850 as Barnsley Exchange railway station and is 16 miles (26 km) north of Sheffield. It is on the Hallam and Penistone Lines, both operated by Northern Trains. On 20 May 2007, the new bus station and refurbished railway station were officially opened by Travel South Yorkshire, with the combined facility renamed to Barnsley Interchange.

Earlier history

The Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield & Goole Railway was formed in 1846 with the aim of providing access to the South Yorkshire coalfield. It was to link the Manchester and Leeds Railway (M&LR) near Horbury, with the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway near Brightside, by way of Barnsley. Whilst the railway was still at the planning stage, it was split in two at Barnsley, the northern portion being leased to the M&LR and the southern to the South Yorkshire, Doncaster & Goole Railway (SYD&G). The northern section opened first, and Barnsley station was opened with the line on 1 January 1850. The route of the southern section was changed, and instead, is connected to the SYD&G line near Mexborough. This section opened on 1 July 1851, and Barnsley then became a through station, although the two sections of line were operated by different railways. On 1 July 1854, the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) opened a line from Penistone to Barnsley.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Each of these railway companies went through various takeovers and amalgamations, until the early 20th century, when the station at Barnsley was co-owned by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR, successor to the M&LR), and the Great Central Railway (GCR, successor to the MS&LR and SYD&G). At the 1923 grouping, the GCR became part of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), whilst the LYR formed part of the new London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), as did the Midland Railway (MR). The LYR and MR each contributed one station in Barnsley to the LMS, and since the ex-MR station was already distinguished as Barnsley Court House, the LMS renamed the former LYR station to Barnsley Low Town on 2 June 1924. Just two months later, on 1 August 1924, it was again renamed, this time to Barnsley Exchange.^[3]

Barnsley Court House station closed on 19 April 1960, following the commissioning of a new chord line south of the town near Quarry Junction that linked the former SYR route down the Blackburn Valley with the ex-Midland Railway line from Sheffield Midland, allowing services on the latter route to serve the station (and continue northwards to Wakefield & Leeds). Subsequently, on 13 June 1960, Barnsley Exchange was renamed Barnsley.^[3]

South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive rebuilt the station in 2007 to improve interchange with bus services, and the redesign won a Civic Building award.^[4]

Facilities

The station is fully staffed throughout the day, with the booking office open from 06:00 to 19:30 Mondays to Saturdays and from 08:45 to 19:00 on Sundays. There are several self-service ticket machines provided for use outside these times and for collecting advance purchase tickets, located on the platform 2 side of the foot-bridge, and outside the ticket office. In the main building on platform 1, there is a waiting room and toilets. A separate waiting room (with vending machines for drinks and snacks) is located on platform 2, with a fully accessible footbridge (equipped with lifts) linking them; there is step-free access from the entrance and bus station to all platforms. Train running information is provided by automated announcements, digital display screens and timetable posters. There are a number of shops a short walk over the footbridge to the bus station, these include a newsagents, Lloyds Pharmacy, Coopland Bakery and a Subway restaurant.^[5]

In popular culture

In 2013 it was used as a filming location in Channel 4's cult drama series Utopia.^[6]

Rail services

Rail services operate frequently through Barnsley Interchange station. On the Hallam line during the day from Monday to Saturday, there are three trains per hour northbound to Leeds. Two are express services, calling only at Wakefield Kirkgate en route to Leeds whilst the third is an all-stations local that runs via Castleford. On Sundays, the service reduces to one express service and one stopping service to Leeds each hour. One northbound Sunday service from Sheffield to Leeds extends to Carlisle via the Settle & Carlisle line.Table 27 National Rail timetable, May 2023

On the Penistone line, there is an hourly service northbound to Huddersfield, now provided seven days a week.^[7]

Southbound there are four trains per hour (2 fast and 2 stopping). Two of these services terminate at Sheffield whilst one fast train carries on to Nottingham and the other fast service runs through to Lincoln. The service drops to three per hour (one fast & two stopping) on Sundays.

In May 1999, Midland Mainline commenced a daily weekday service to London St Pancras.^[8]^[9] The service was withdrawn by East Midlands Trains on 5 September 2008.^[10]

Preceding station		National Rail	Following station
Wombwell		Northern Trains Hallam Line	Darton
Wombwell		Northern Trains Penistone Line	Dodworth
Meadowhall		Northern Trains Leeds-Nottingham	Wakefield Kirkgate
Meadowhall		Northern Trains Leeds-Lincoln	Wakefield Kirkgate
	Future Services
Meadowhall		Northern Connect Leeds - Lincoln	Wakefield Kirkgate

Bus services

The new Barnsley Interchange was opened on 20 May 2007 by Secretary of State for Transport Douglas Alexander. The new building forms the entire new complex of Barnsley Interchange. Rail and bus users exit the interchange via the new car park or, for the town centre, the new entrance and exit is on Eldon Street. It has 24 bus stands.

The bus station features the latest in technology such as the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive scheme of "Your Next Bus", tracking buses with GPS to check what time they are due to arrive and depart. Several shops occupy retail units within the interchange, including Lloyd's Pharmacy, GT News, Cowpuccino Espresso Bar, Cooplands and a Subway.

Work has since been completed on the link road, Schwäbisch Gmünd Way (formerly Interchange Way), which was renamed in honour of Barnsley's twin town in Germany. That enables buses to enter or leave the Interchange quickly, without having to use the busy level crossing at Jumble Lane.

As of February 2021^[update], the stand allocation is:

Stand	Route	Destination
A1	2	Sheffield, Moor Market via Worsbrough, Birdwell, Hoyland, Chapeltown , Ecclesfield, Lane Top, the Northern General Hospital, Fir Vale and Sheffield Interchange (Stagecoach)
A1	X17	Matlock via Meadowhall , Sheffield Interchange , Woodseats, Whittington Moor, Chesterfield , Walton, Holymoorside, Stone Edge and Kelstedge (Stagecoach Gold)
A2	66	Elsecar via Birdwell, Hoyland Common, Hoyland and Jump (Stagecoach)
A3	7	Hoyland via Worsbrough Bridge, Blacker Hill and Platts Common (Stagecoach)
	67, 67a, 67b, 67c	Wombwell via Worsbrough Common, Worsbrough, Birdwell, Tankersley, Hoyland, Jump and Cortonwood (Stagecoach)
	94, 94a	Denby Dale via Gawber, Barnsley Hospital, Higham and Cawthorne (Globe & Stagecoach)
A4	23a	Deepcar via Gilroyd, Thurgoland, Wortley and Stocksbridge (Stagecoach)
	24, 24a	Ingbirchworth via Gilroyd, Thurgoland and Penistone (Stagecoach & TM Travel)
	96	Wakefield via Gawber, Barnsley Hospital, Kexbrough and West Bretton (Globe)
A5	20	Penistone via Silkstone, Hoylandswaine and Cubley (Stagecoach)
	21, 21a	Crow Edge via Gilroyd, Silkstone, Silkstone Common , Oxspring, Cubley, Penistone and Millhouse Green (Stagecoach)
	22	Gilroyd via Pogmoor and Dodworth (Stagecoach)
A6	93	Woolley Colliery via Gawber, Barnsley Hospital, Barugh Green, Darton and Mapplewell (Stagecoach)
A6	95, 95a	Kexbrough via Gawber, Barnsley Hospital, Wilthorpe, Barugh Green and Darton (Stagecoach)
A7	43, 44	Pogmoor via Worsbrough Common, Barnsley Hospital and Kingstone (Stagecoach)
A8	12	Athersley South via Honeywell and Smithies (Stagecoach)
A9	11	Athersley North via Smithies and New Lodge (Stagecoach)
A10	1	Staincross via Smithies, New Lodge and Mapplewell (Stagecoach)
A11	–	no services allocated
A12	–	no services allocated
A13	57	Royston via Monk Bretton and Carlton (Stagecoach)
A13	59, 59a	Wakefield via Monk Bretton, Carlton, Royston, Notton, Newmillerdam and Sandal & Agbrigg (Stagecoach)
A14	27, 27a, 27b	Wombwell via Shafton, Brierley, Grimethorpe and Darfield (Stagecoach)
A14	28, 28c	Pontefract via Cudworth, Shafton, Grimethorpe, Brierley and Hemsworth (Stagecoach)
A15	36	South Elmsall via Monk Bretton, Cudworth, Shafton, Brierley, Hemsworth and South Kirkby (Watersons)
A15	38	Grimethorpe via Cundy Cross, Lundwood, Cudworth and Shafton (Watersons)
A16	32	Cudworth via Hoyle Mill, Cundy Cross and Lundwood (Stagecoach)
A17	6	Worsbrough Dale via Kendray (Stagecoach)
A18	22X	Rotherham via Wombwell , Wath-upon-Dearne , Manvers, Rawmarsh and Parkgate (Stagecoach)
	222	Cortonwood via Stairfoot and Wombwell (Stagecoach)
	226	Thurnscoe via Stairfoot, Wombwell , Wath-upon-Dearne , Bolton-upon-Dearne and Goldthorpe (Stagecoach)
A19	X19	Doncaster via Darfield and Goldthorpe (Stagecoach)
A19	X20	Doncaster via Wombwell , Old Moor, Manvers, Mexborough , Conisbrough and Warmsworth (Powell's Bus)
A20	218, 218a	Rotherham via Darfield, Goldthorpe , Bolton-upon-Dearne , Manvers, Mexborough , Swinton , Kilnhurst and Rawmarsh (Stagecoach)
A20	219, 219a	Doncaster via Ardsley, Darfield, Great Houghton, Thurnscoe , Goldthorpe , Barnburgh, Harlington and Sprotbrough (Stagecoach)
A21	X10	Leeds via New Lodge, Mapplewell, Darton and Kexbrough (Stagecoach)
A22	–	no services allocated
A23	–	National Express intercity coach services and rail replacement bus services
A24	–

References

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^ Dow, George (1959). Great Central, Volume One: The Progenitors, 1813-1863. Shepperton: Ian Allan. pp. 150, 228. ISBN 0-7110-1468-X.
^ ^a ^b ^c Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 28. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
^ "Barnsley Interchange wins Civic Building award". Jeffersons Heard. 2 February 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
^ "Barnsley Interchange station facilities". National Rail.
^ "Where Was Utopia Series 2 filmed? Our Production Services Team Have The Answers..." Creative England. 14 July 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2019.
^ Northern (19 May 2019). "43 - Train Times; Huddersfield to Sheffield (Penistone Line)" (PDF) – via Cloudfront.net.
^ "MML serves 6 new stations". Rail. No. 355. 21 April 1999. p. 10.
^ "Barnsley-London direct". Rail Express. No. 36. May 1999. p. 8.
^ "End of the line for Barnsley-London service". Today's Railways UK. No. 83. November 2008. p. 14.