Pickburn and Brodsworth railway station

Pickburn and Brodsworth
Station site in July 2020.
General information
Location	Pickburn, Doncaster England
Coordinates	53°33′35″N1°13′10″W / 53.55977°N 1.21947°W / 53.55977; -1.21947
Grid reference	SE518072
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	South Yorkshire Junction Railway
Key dates
1 December 1894	opened
1 February 1903 [1]	closed
Location

1910 Railway Clearing House diagram showing the route of the South Yorkshire Junction Railway, with Pickburn and Brodsworth station

Pickburn and Brodsworth railway station was a small railway station situated on the South Yorkshire Junction Railway's line between Wrangbrook Junction and Denaby and Conisbrough. It was situated 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) south of Wrangbrook Junction, just inside what became the South Yorkshire boundary and was intended to serve the hamlet of Pickburn, which was close by, and Brodsworth, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, a short distance away.

The station was similar to that at Sprotborough and controlled by a signal box which was replaced in 1910 when the opening of Brodsworth Colliery necessitated a larger installation. A short branch was built to access the colliery from this point.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Sprotborough		South Yorkshire Junction Railway South Yorkshire Junction Railway		Kirk Smeaton

References

1. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 341. OCLC   931112387.

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