Moorhouse and South Elmsall Halt railway station

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Moorhouse and South Elmsall Halt
Platforms, Moorthorpe & South Elmsall Station (geograph 2787515).jpg
Platforms of the former station
General information
Location Moorhouse, Doncaster
England
Coordinates 53°34′56″N1°16′42″W / 53.58225°N 1.27839°W / 53.58225; -1.27839
Grid reference SE478097
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Hull and South Yorkshire Extension Railway
Pre-grouping Hull and Barnsley Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1902opened
1929closed

Moorhouse and South Elmsall Halt was a railway station situated on the Hull and Barnsley Railway's branch line from Wrangbrook to Wath-upon-Dearne. The station served the village of Moorhouse and the town of South Elmsall on the South Yorkshire / West Yorkshire boundary, although this was about a mile distance. The station is located between Hickleton and Thurnscoe and Wrangbrook Junction, where the Wath branch joined the main line. The single storey station building, on the Wath-bound platform was, unlike the others on the line, built of brick with a slate roof. The other platform had just a simple waiting room for the few passengers who used the station. The platform surfaces were gravel and stone edged. The station master's house, of a standard Hull and Barnsley style, was situated a road level by the underbridge.

Former station master's house Station House (geograph 2616354).jpg
Former station master's house

Opening day was on 28 August 1902 and the station closed, along with the others on the line, on 6 April 1929. [1]

To the north of the station a spur connecting this line to the West Riding and Grimsby Railway at Hampole diverged.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Kirk Smeaton   Hull and Barnsley and Great Central Joint Railway
(Wath Branch)
  Hickleton and Thurnscoe

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References

Railways of South Yorkshire, C.T.Goode. Dalesman Publishing. ISBN   0-85206-307-5


  1. Thomas, Matt (2 August 2024). "The Trials and Tribulations of Moorhouse and South Elmsall Halt". thestoryofsouthelmsall.co.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2024.