The station lay between Wath Central and Stairfoot.

The station was built to serve the mining town of Wombwell, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England and was situated near to the Town Centre.

The original Wombwell railway station was opened by the South Yorkshire Railway in September 1851 and was replaced by a new structure in the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway's "Double Pavilion" style in the 1880s.

It was closed when the Doncaster-to-Barnsley local passenger service was withdrawn on 29 June 1959.

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