Wath (Hull and Barnsley) railway station
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Wath | |
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,_Yorkshire_(geograph_3789546).jpg) Site of the former station (2013) | |
| General information | |
| Location | Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham England |
| Coordinates | 53°30′27″N 1°20′15″W / 53.507484°N 1.337388°W |
| Grid reference | SE440014 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Hull and South Yorkshire Extension Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Hull and Barnsley Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1902 | opened |
| 1929 | closed |
Wath railway station was one of three railway stations in Wath-upon-Dearne, South Yorkshire, England. It was the southern terminus of The Hull & South Yorkshire Extension Railway which became part of the Hull and Barnsley Railway in 1898 and was the southern terminus of a branch line from Wrangbrook Junction.[1] The station was located on Station Road between the Great Central Railway's Wath Central station and the Midland Railway's Wath North station. Branch line trains connected with Sheffield-Cudworth-Hull trains at Wrangbrook.
The railway was opened for passengers on 28 August 1902, with Wath being 8 miles (13 km) from Wrangbrook Junction and 11 miles (18 km) from Kirk Smeaton, where the passenger service went to.[2] However, the line was not a success for passenger traffic: it was closed to passengers on 6 April 1929. The station at Wath was a single platform affair[3] but with a substantial station house. This and the former ticket office are the only surviving remains of the station and have survived the buildings of Wath's other two, more successful stations: they still stand on Station Road, called "Station House" and "Barnsley Cottage" respectively.
References
[edit]- ^ Suggitt, Gordon (2015). Lost railways of South & West Yorkshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-84674-043-5.
- ^ Burgess, Neil (2014). The lost railways of Yorkshire's West Riding : Barnsley, Doncaster, Sheffield and the south. Catrine: Stenlake. p. 26. ISBN 9781840336566.
- ^ Batty, Stephen R (1991). Doncaster. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 58. ISBN 0-7110-2004-3.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Terminus | Hull and Barnsley Railway | Hickleton and THurnscoe |
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