Catcliffe railway station

Catcliffe
General information
Location	Catcliffe, Rotherham England
Coordinates	53°23′32″N1°21′51″W / 53.392137°N 1.364254°W / 53.392137; -1.364254
Grid reference	SK423885
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Sheffield District Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Central Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
30 May 1900	Opened
11 September 1939	Closed
6 October 1946	Reopened
17 March 1947	Closed [1]

v t e Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway
Legend
Chesterfield (Market Place) Boythorpe Viaduct over MR Brampton Branch and Boythorpe Railway   Horns Bridge over Midland Main Line GCR Chesterfield Loop River Rother Duckmanton Tunnel Great Central Main Line Arkwright Town Arkwright Town Jct (1907) River Doe Lea Doe Lea Viaduct over MR Doe Lea Branch Bolsover South Bolsover Tunnel Scarcliffe Summit MML to St Pancras Sheffield Midland Attercliffe Road (MR) Rotherham Masborough West Tinsley (SDR) Catcliffe (SDR) Rotherham Masborough Treeton (MR) Woodhouse Mill (MR) Beighton (GCR) Beighton Junction Killamarsh West (MR) Beighton (GCR) Upperthorpe and Killamarsh Spinkhill Spinkhill Tunnel Clowne South Summit Markland Grips Viaduct Creswell and Welbeck Shirebrook North (Originally Langwith Junction) Langwith Junction shed Shirebrook South GNR to Nottingham Victoria (1901) Shirebrook West MR (now Robin Hood Line) Nottingham Midland to Worksop Warsop Clipstone Colliery Sidings Mansfield Railway to Nottingham Victoria (from 1917) Edwinstowe Ollerton Boughton Tuxford Central Tuxford Works Tuxford shed Dukeries Junction GNR (now ECML) Kings Cross to Retford Fledborough Fledborough Viaduct over River Trent Clifton-on-Trent Doddington and Harby Skellingthorpe GN&GEJR to Saxilby Pyewipe Junction Lincoln to Peterborough

Sheffield District Railway and connecting lines

v t e Sheffield District Railway
Legend
Context Rotherham Masbro' Holmes Meadowhall Brightside Sheffield District Railway West Tinsley   &    Catcliffe Treeton Attercliffe Road Sheffield District Railway Attercliffe Goods Depot Woodhouse Mill Sheffield (Midland) Heeley Millhouses and Ecclesall Beauchief Dore and Totley Bradway Tunnel Beighton Junction Darnall         LDECR Dronfield Killamarsh West Upperthorpe & K'marsh Mansfield via Shirebrook North Eckington & R'shaw Unstone Barrow Hill Sheepbridge Whittington Tapton Junction "New Road" "Old Road" Chesterfield ------------------------ Detail Attercliffe Rd - Brightside River Don Attercliffe Goods Hadfield's Works Jessop's Works Cooper's Works Firth's Works Allen's Works Cook's Works West Tinsley Broughton Lane - Tinsley Sheffield Canal Tinsley Park Colliery Tinsley Wood Tunnel Catcliffe River Rother Treeton, "Old Road" Chesterfield     Masbro'

Catcliffe railway station is a former railway station in the Catcliffe area of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.

History

The station was located on the Sheffield District Railway, just over 1 mile (1.6 km) north of its junction with the North Midland Railway line at Treeton Junction.

The line was carried on a 9-arch brick-built viaduct over the Rother Valley. ^{[2] [3] [4]} The station was constructed at the northern end of this, near to the village. The station was noted for its bleak and isolated location which earned it the name "Klondyke" from the local population. ^[5] Both station and platforms were built of wood. The awnings were of the distinctive LD&ECR style. ^{[6] [7]} The platforms and their supports closely resembled those at Boughton and Dukeries Junction.

The station was opened on 30 April 1900 ^[5] and closed on 11 September 1939. It was briefly reopened from 6 October 1946 to 17 March 1947. ^[8]

Former passenger services

There never was a Sunday service from Catcliffe.

In 1922 two passenger services served Catcliffe:

• From Sheffield to Mansfield via Langwith Junction, and
• From Sheffield to Chesterfield via the "Old Road".

The Sheffield to Mansfield service consisted of three trains per day each way between the MR station at Sheffield and the MR station at Mansfield calling at Attercliffe Road, West Tinsley, Catcliffe, Treeton, Woodhouse Mill, the LD&ECR "Beighton Branch" to Langwith Junction (later renamed Shirebrook North), the MR station at Shirebrook (later renamed Shirebrook West), Mansfield Woodhouse and Mansfield, taking about an hour and a quarter. On Saturdays an extra lunchtime train ran out and back, calling at Catcliffe northbound only.

To travel from Sheffield (MR) to Chesterfield (MR) via the "Old Road" it was necessary to head off north east towards Rotherham then swing south onto the "Old Road" itself which was the original North Midland Railway route from Rotherham to Chesterfield along the Rother Valley. Three trains a day ran to Holmes almost in Rotherham itself before turning sharply south to Treeton. Three trains plus an extra on Saturdays turned off before Brightside onto Sheffield District Railway metals to Treeton, however, only one of these called at Catcliffe plus one on Saturdays, the others passed without stopping. ^[9]

By August 1939 the service to Mansfield remained little changed, except that Upperthorpe and Killamarsh railway station had closed in 1930 and not all called at Attercliffe Road.

The Sheffield to Chesterfield service via Catcliffe and the Old Road had evolved to two trains per day with an extra on Saturdays, all of which called at Catcliffe.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
West Tinsley Line and station closed		London and North Eastern Railway Sheffield District Railway		Treeton Line and station closed

References

1. Butt 1995, p. 56.
2. "Catcliffe Viaduct: via treetonweb". Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
3. Catcliffe Viaduct(1): via geograph
4. Catcliffe Viaduct(2): via geograph
5. Dow 1965, p. 170.
6. Pixton 2001, p. 87.
7. Booth 2013, p. 56.
8. Cupit & Taylor 1984, p. 42.
9. Bradshaw 1985, p. 718.

Sources

• Booth, Chris (2013). The Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway A pictorial view of the "Dukeries Route" and branches. Blurb. ISBN   978-1-78155-660-3. 06715029.
• 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.
• Dow, George (1965). Great Central, Volume Three: Fay Sets the Pace, 1900–1922. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN   978-0-7110-0263-0. OCLC   500447049.
• 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.

External links

• Catcliffe station on an old OS map npe Maps
• The station and line on multiple overlain maps Rail Map Online
• The station on old OS maps National Library of Scotland
• The station and line BTJ, with mileages Railway Codes
• Catcliffe station signalboxes