Woodhouse Mill railway station
Woodhouse Mill | |
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Location | |
Place | Aston cum Aughton |
Area | Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham |
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Grid reference | SK435858 |
Operations | |
Original company | Midland Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
History | |
6 April 1840 | Station opened |
21 September 1953 | Station closed[1] |
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Woodhouse Mill railway station was a station opened in 1840 by the North Midland Railway on its line between Rotherham Masborough and Chesterfield.
It was situated to the south of the main A57 road shortly after this left the City of Sheffield and served Woodhouse Mill, near Sheffield, Orgreave and Fence (Aston cum Aughton), both within Rotherham, South Yorkshire.
It may have initially have simply a halt, but the Midland Railway installed an island platform with a timber and brick booking office at its centre. Nearby was Orgreave Coke Works and Fence Colliery. It closed in 1953.[2]
The station was located between that at Treeton and the original North Midland station at Beighton. The line is still in use today but has been a freight only route since July 1954, although it is very occasionally used as a diversionary route and by excursions not calling at Sheffield. It serves as a bypass line which keeps freight trains away from the congested lines through central Sheffield.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Treeton Line and station closed |
Midland Railway North Midland Railway |
Killamarsh West Line and station closed |
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Great Central Railway Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway |
Upperthorpe and Killamarsh Line and station closed |
References
Notes
- ↑ Butt 1995, p. 254.
- ↑ Pixton 2001, p. 26.
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