Worksop Railway Station

Proper pub Just don‘t take your mobile phone!

Worksop Railway Station is a fairly attractive and nice station, and I’ve had much worse experiences waiting for trains! Although its not staffed all day, the station is relatively clean and tidy, and looks well looked after. Tickets can be booked in the ticket office, and on one of the platforms is a small café where you can buy drinks, snacks, and newspapers, which can the time pass. The near-​by Mallard pub could also provide another method of passing the time! A surprisingly good station for a town the size of Worksop!

Worksop station is the major intermediate stop on the line between Sheffield, Retford and Lincoln, and the junction for trains on the ‘Robin Hood’ line to Nottingham.
Opened in 1849 by the Sheffield & Lincolnshire Junction Railway, the station was provided with impressive and handsome stone buildings in the Jacobean Style. It became a junction in 1875 when the Midland Railway line from Mansfield opened, providing through services from Nottingham. This line closed in 1964, but was re-​opened to Worksop in 1998.
To-​day, the attractive station buildings have survived intact and, although the station is not staffed all day, it appears very well maintained. Part of the original building on the south side is occupied by the Mallard pub (named after the famous world-​record holding steam locomotive).
The principal train service is the Sheffield-​Lincoln service, which operates roughly hourly during week-​days, with additional trains to Worksop in the peak hours. On Saturdays there are also occasional through services to Grimsby and Cleethorpes. Services on the line to Mansfield and Nottingham are also hourly. Both lines have a much reduced service on Sundays.
The station has step-​free access to both platforms (though access between them is via the road and level crossing — allow a good 5 minutes), and there are toilets and parking spaces, but no taxi rank or cycle storage. There are no refreshment facilities — but the adjacent pub provides some food, as well as excellent real-​ales.