Grimesthorpe Bridge railway station

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Grimesthorpe Bridge
Location Grimesthorpe, City of Sheffield
England
Coordinates 53°24′22″N1°25′49″W / 53.4061°N 1.4303°W / 53.4061; -1.4303 Coordinates: 53°24′22″N1°25′49″W / 53.4061°N 1.4303°W / 53.4061; -1.4303
Grid reference SK379900
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Sheffield and Rotherham Railway
Key dates
October 1838Opened
January 1843Closed

Grimesthorpe Bridge railway station was a minor railway station in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The station served the communities of Grimesthorpe and was situated on the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway, lying between Wicker and Brightside.

Grimesthorpe Bridge was the first intermediate station to open on the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway, then not yet part of the Midland Railway. The station, the first to open on the line disappeared from the timetables in January 1843, [1] four and a half years after the line's opening in October 1838.

The station location is now underneath what is known as Grimesthorpe Junction and its complex trackplan. There, the lines from Wicker, Sheffield Midland, Attercliffe Goods station, The Sheffield District Railway and from Rotherham/Barnsley met.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Attercliffe Road
Line and station closed
  Sheffield and Rotherham Railway   Brightside
Line open, station closed

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References

  1. Rail centres n°11: Sheffield. S. Batty. p. 15