Frickley railway station

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Frickley
Frickley station site geograph-3538069-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
Site of the station (1995)
General information
Location Clayton, Barnsley
England
Coordinates 53°33′50″N1°18′15″W / 53.563890°N 1.304170°W / 53.563890; -1.304170 Coordinates: 53°33′50″N1°18′15″W / 53.563890°N 1.304170°W / 53.563890; -1.304170
Grid reference SE461077
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
Key dates
1879opened
1953closed

Frickley railway station was situated on the Swinton and Knottingley Joint railway, between Bolton-on-Dearne and Moorthorpe. It served the village of Clayton, South Yorkshire, England.

The station was situated about a mile north of the present Thurnscoe railway station.

It opened in 1879 and closed on 8 June 1953. [1]

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References

  1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 188. OCLC   931112387.