Doncaster Station query

[Robinson102]

Hi All,

I hope this is the right place to post this!

I'm trying to find out if there is any freight still passing through Doncaster Station on weekdays, generally?

I haven't been across since they opened the 'north cord' last year, and whilst I'm considering a visit, it would be helpful to know if I'm likely to see anything now.

Hope someone can help.

Mark

 

[yorkie]

There are a lot of freight trains passing through Donny.

 

[47403]

Hi All,

I hope this is the right place to post this!

I'm trying to find out if there is any freight still passing through Doncaster Station on weekdays, generally?

I haven't been across since they opened the 'north cord' last year, and whilst I'm considering a visit, it would be helpful to know if I'm likely to see anything now.

Hope someone can help.

Mark

very much so, i was there for 4hrs on a friday afternoon a couple of weeks back and in that time about 8 came through. Imagine you stay there all day you'll double that.

 

[37078xotTE]

Hi All,

I hope this is the right place to post this!

I'm trying to find out if there is any freight still passing through Doncaster Station on weekdays, generally?

I haven't been across since they opened the 'north cord' last year, and whilst I'm considering a visit, it would be helpful to know if I'm likely to see anything now.

Hope someone can help.

Mark

Definetly worth a visit, a quick look at yesterdays (16th) freight shows 25 through the station between 07:00 and 19:00, so depending on how long you are willing to stay on the station could prove very worthwhile.

 

[D6975]

Take a look at the Realtime Trains website.
Go to detailed view, select freight only and put in a weekday date less than a week ago. This will give you a rough idea of what to expect. All the paths are shown, the ones with real timings showing are the ones that actually ran.

 

[Robinson102]

Thanks for all the input. The Realtime Trains site has given some very useful information, overall.

 

[les.]

I change trains regularly at Doncaster and there is always freight trains passing through whilst I'm waiting for my connection.