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 Darnall 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Darnall had 16,854 entries and exits, making it the 2,241st most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
2241/2575
It ranked 810th busiest (out of 997), with 253 scheduled services per week.
810/997
That's a daily average of 46.18 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 1.28 passengers per service, giving it the 1,556th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
1556/1659

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 7,774
Reduced price entries & exits: 6,036
Season ticket entries & exits: 3,044
Total entries & exits: 16,854
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: +4,428 : 35.63%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
Down108392
Up108392
*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

Service Patterns

Current Timetables

TableDescriptionTimetable
136Sheffield & Gainsborough - Brigg - CleethorpesMay24
140Sheffield - Retford - Gainsborough - LincolnMay24
To view timetables for other dateranges and routes, please visit our timetables page.

Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +12,339 (+273.29%)

Reasons for change:
2007-08 Ignore - Less than 15,000 E&X
2008-09 PTE Urban Area Station
2011-12 Continues high growth from previous year
2013-14 Reason for decrease unclear
2014-15 Reason for change unclear - no ticket office
2019-20 The number of entries and exits distributed across stations in the South Yorkshire PTE area has increased 12% as a result of additional tickets being included in the dataset for 2019-20
2020-21 The number of entries and exits distributed across stations in the South Yorkshire PTE area in 2020-21 has increased by 0.5% as a result of methodology improvements

Location Details

Location: Darnall
CRS: DAN / NLC: 6729 / TIPLOC(S): DARNALL
Station Facility Owner: Northern Trains
OS Grid Ref: 439165 387692
Constituency: Sheffield South East
Local Authority: Sheffield
NR Region: Yorkshire and The Humber
PTE: South Yorkshire
ELR: MAC3 43m 23ch
This station is part of the South Yorkshire PTE

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Darnall during 2022/2023:
•Sheffield (2,601 journeys)
•Worksop (1,487 journeys)
•Lincoln (735 journeys)
•Barnsley (493 journeys)
•Retford (429 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Darnall's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Sheffield2.10
Woodhouse3.18