Edlington railway station

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Edlington
Edlington (Doncaster) station site geograph-3451254-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
Site of the station in 1992
General information
Location Edlington, Doncaster
England
Coordinates 53°29′26″N1°10′53″W / 53.4906°N 1.1815°W / 53.4906; -1.1815 Coordinates: 53°29′26″N1°10′53″W / 53.4906°N 1.1815°W / 53.4906; -1.1815
Grid reference SK544996
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Dearne Valley Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
3 June 1912 (1912-06-03)Station opened
10 September 1951 (1951-09-10)Station closed

Edlington railway station was a small railway station at the eastern terminus of the Dearne Valley Railway. The station's full title as shown on the station nameboard is "Edlington for Balby Doncaster" (with the words 'for' and 'Doncaster' in lettering half size compared to the others). It was built to serve the mining village of Edlington and the Doncaster suburb of Balby in South Yorkshire, England.

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The station, like others on the Dearne Valley, consisted of a bed of sleepers set at track level with an old L&Y coach body lit by a couple of gas lamps for a waiting shelter. The large station sign was removed in the late 1920s and replaced by a simple "Edlington".

The station was opened for passengers on 3 June 1912 and ceased on 10 September 1951. [1] The passenger service was originally operated by a Hughes-designed 'railmotor' which was fitted with vacuum-operated retractable steps, thus saving on platform building. At first, trains were operated on behalf of the DVR by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway; when that company amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922, the combined organisation (also known as the London and North Western Railway) absorbed the DVR on the same day. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 89. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.
  2. ↑ Marshall, John (1970). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 140, 142, 256. ISBN   0-7153-4906-6.

Further reading

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Denaby Halt
Line and station closed		  Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Dearne Valley Railway 		 Terminus
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