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Treeton railway station

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Coordinates: 53°23′07″N 1°21′21″W / 53.385215°N 1.355730°W / 53.385215; -1.355730
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Treeton
Site of the former station (1970)
General information
LocationTreeton, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham
England
Coordinates53°23′07″N 1°21′21″W / 53.385215°N 1.355730°W / 53.385215; -1.355730
Grid referenceSK429877
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Midland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLMSR
London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
6 April 1841Opened
2 January 1843closed
1 October 1884new station opened
29 October 1951Closed for regular services[1]

Treeton railway station is a former railway station in the centre of Treeton, Rotherham, England.

History

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The station was situated on the North Midland Railway's line between Rotherham Masborough and Chesterfield, widely known as "The Old Road". This line, which remains well used by freight, follows the Rother Valley. Treeton was a coal-mining village, though Treeton Colliery closed in 1990.

The original Treeton station opened on 6 April 1841 but closed the following year. A new station, on the same site, was opened on 1 October 1884 and closed on 29 October 1951, although it was used for a small number of excursion trains after that date.

The line here consisted of four tracks. The platforms served the centre two with access by steps from the adjacent road bridge.[2] The goods lines were routed to the rear of the platforms in an arrangement similar to that at Brightside in Sheffield.[3]

The station was located between Rotherham Masborough and Woodhouse Mill.

The stationmaster's house was situated at 8, Station Road, opposite the Station Hotel.

Passenger services

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In 1922 passenger services calling at Treeton were at their most intensive, with trains serving four destinations via five routes:

  • On Sundays only
  • On Mondays to Saturdays three stopping services plied between Sheffield (MR) and Chesterfield
    • most ran direct down the "New Road" through Dronfield and went nowhere near Treeton
  • the other two set off north east from Sheffield (MR) towards Rotherham then swung east to go the "long way round" via the "Old Road"
    • one of these continued past Holmes, a short distance before Masboro' then swung hard right, next stop Treeton, heading south
    • the other continued past Attercliffe Road then swung right onto the Sheffield District Railway passing through or calling at West Tinsley and Catcliffe before Treeton
  • a further service set off north east from Sheffield (MR) and used the Sheffield District Railway, then called at Treeton on its way to Mansfield (MR) via Woodhouse Mill then the LD&ECR's "Beighton Branch" to Langwith Junction.[4]

Services using the Sheffield District Railway ended at the outbreak of WW2, with a few months revival from 6 October 1946 to 17 March 1947.[5]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Woodhouse Mill
Line and station closed 		  Midland Railway
North Midland Railway 		  Rotherham Masborough
Line and station closed
  Midland Railway
North Midland Railway 		  Holmes
Line and station closed
  Great Central Railway
LDECR 		  Catcliffe
Line and station closed

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Butt 1995, p. 233.
  2. ^ Treeton station: via signalboxes
  3. ^ Pixton 2001, p. 27.
  4. ^ Bradshaw 1985, p. 660.
  5. ^ Cupit & Taylor 1984, p. 42.

Sources

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  • Bradshaw, George (1985) [July 1922]. Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation guide for Great Britain and Ireland: A reprint of the July 1922 issue. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-8708-5. OCLC 12500436.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Cupit, J.; Taylor, W. (1984) [1966]. The Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway. Oakwood Library of Railway History (2nd ed.). Headington: Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-302-2. OL19.
  • Pixton, Bob (2001). North Midland: Portrait of a Famous Route: Part 2 Chesterfield-Sheffield-Rotherham. Nottingham: Runpast Publishing, (now Book Law). ISBN 978-1-870754-51-4.
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