Does anyone know if trains still run from woodhouse station? i cant seem to find any information on it at all, other than a rail route on the mapbook!

cheers,
RPG

Originally posted by RPG
Does anyone know if trains still run from woodhouse station? i cant seem to find any information on it at all, other than a rail route on the mapbook!

cheers,
RPG

I am almost certain that they do as it is the main line to Lincolnshire......you can still get a train to Cleggy from Woodhouse.

It's not all that long ago that they spent a fortune on the station revamping it only to have it trashed overnight literally!!! :evil:

Why do you ask RPG?

i was just wondering if they have trains to derby thats all, (where i can connect to uttoxeter) in an attempt to get to alton towers

Derby that'll be the London line won't it?

I would have thought it quite a torturous journey by train. Why don't you go by coach as there always seem to be plenty of trips advertised for AT?

ive done it before, its quite fun :)

i started off in nottingham tho, as thats on the direct line to derby see, starting in sheffield would mean changing onto "the robin hood line" or whatever its called (nottingham-uttoxeter) :lol:

if i went by coach id be tied to when they arrived and left (they arrive late, and leave early :/ )

hmm, thats interesting!

Shireoaks/Worksop/Retford/Gainsborough

what about mansfield? that'd get me to nottingham :)

RPG, you can get direct and fast(ish) trains to Nottingham and Derby from Sheffield Midland Station...

oh i know ;) "wooduss" is a bit closer to me thats all

wooduss might be nearer, but you'll probably find it's only served by Arriva Trains using trains which were rejected by Afganistan State Railways* for being too uncomfortable.

It'll probably still work out being quicker for you going via Sheffield.

*yes, Afganistan does have a railway...only a little one though.

arriva!!

nooooo, forget that idea then :lol:

central are the best IMO :)

for train travel, you can't beat the GNER journey to Edinburgh, but that's in the wrong direction to where you want to go...

Central Trains are worse than useless too - Every time I catch one of their trains I seem to be 10 minutes or more late.

Originally posted by RPG
Does anyone know if trains still run from woodhouse station? i cant seem to find any information on it at all, other than a rail route on the mapbook!

cheers,
RPG


Phone the train station !!!

You can't phone the station any more. You have to speak to a call centre, who know less about the railways than, erm, someone who knows very little indeed.

It's nice to see the station regenerated but I still think it needs work.

WOODHOUSE TO UTTOXETER CHANGE AT SHEFFIELD AND DERBY.

Originally posted by RPG
i was just wondering if they have trains to derby thats all, (where i can connect to uttoxeter) in an attempt to get to alton towers

Yes, As someone said I am sure it's Derby. I changed at Derby when I was going to Crewe and think I remember passing Uttoxeter race course.

Woodhouse is on the Sheffield-Worksop-Lincoln line, which is operated by Arriva Trains Northern on behalf of the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive. Many services continue through beyond Sheffield to Huddersfield via Meadowhall and Barnsley.
www.arrivatrainsnorthern.co.uk www.sypte.co.uk

Central Trains do an inclusive package from Sheffield to Alton Towers. You use Midland Mainline or Virgin down to Derby to connect into their service to Uttoxeter (Nottingham-Derby-Crewe route) where you get a scheduled bus to Alton Towers. Price includes trains, bus and admission. Details www.centraltrains.co.uk

An easier journey is on the Midland Mainline trip, however you need to do kind of a fiddle with the tickets, as the package is only available from London and Leicester. This involves train to Derby, where a coach transfer to the park is included, along with the admission. You would have to buy seperate ticket from Sheffield to Derby. Only runs Monday, Friday and Saturday. Details and online bookings www.midlandmainline.com/at

By the way the Robin Hood line is the Worksop-Mansfield-Nottingham route so is irrelevant to this particular query.

Originally posted by Andy C
Central Trains do an inclusive package from Sheffield to Alton Towers. You use Midland Mainline or Virgin down to Derby to connect into their service to Uttoxeter (Nottingham-Derby-Crewe route) where you get a scheduled bus to Alton Towers. Price includes trains, bus and admission. Details www.centraltrains.co.uk


ive done that one already :) well reccomended :D but i had to goto nottingham by car to save the extra tenner it'd cost me for a sheffield-nottingham ticket

Originally posted by Andy C
By the way the Robin Hood line is the Worksop-Mansfield-Nottingham route so is irrelevant to this particular query. [/B]

isnt it? my mistake :(

Actually a way of doing it cheaper would be to buy a £7.50 Derbyshire Wayfarer pass for Sheffield-Uttoxeter then paying the bus driver for bus and admission. This only really works on Saturdays though, as Wayfarer is an off-peak only ticket.

Yes they do I used see them at darnall all the time when
I went to see my uncle at his flat. :thumbsup:

Northern Rail has just take over this route - www.northernrail.org

The timetable between Sheffield and Lincoln via Darnall, Woodhouse, Kiveton, Worksop etc is still the same, however beyond Sheffield they now go to Doncaster instead of Huddersfield.

Originally posted by halevan
Phone the train station !!! YOU CAN'T!! IT'S BEEN CALL CENTRE-ISED!! And don't call national rail enquiries either - they stick the first three letters f your station into a database search and read out the first thing on the list.

Use this (http://www.travelinescotland.com/)

I know it says 'Scotland' but it's better than the English version.

The trains to town are half hourly from Woodhouse (10 mins journey time). They run into Sheffield and back out to meadowhall (20 mins). The best way to get to London from Woodhouse is probably to go to Retford and catcha GNER service to Kings Cross.

The vandalism that happened just after refurbishment consisted of the glass waiting rooms losing their glass. This was the last event in a series of busshelter and window attacks in the village - it was all caught on CCTV. There are no visible scars.

Originally posted by Andy C
however beyond Sheffield they now go to Doncaster instead of Huddersfield. That's very interesting. All of them, Andy? I looked at northern's website, but can't find any info about this.

Originally posted by alchresearch
It's nice to see the station regenerated but I still think it needs work. Rumour has it that it will become a 'park and ride' and the bus terminus is being moved to the station

Originally posted by Strix
That's very interesting. All of them, Andy? I looked at northern's website, but can't find any info about this.

Rumour has it that it will become a 'park and ride' and the bus terminus is being moved to the station

Nearly all are going through, although it hasn't really been advertised. Try www.nationalrail.co.uk or www.transportdirect.info or www.sypte.co.uk for timetable enquiries. On the sypte (and possibly Transport Direct) websites you can click on the train and view the full journey for it.

As for developments at Woodhouse station I wouldn't know, that will be a SYPTE project, although they do seem to be obsessed with spending money on mini-interchanges so I wouldn't be suprised.