Ryhill railway station

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Ryhill
General information
Location Ryhill, City of Wakefield
England
Coordinates 53°37′25″N1°25′32″W / 53.6235°N 1.4256°W / 53.6235; -1.4256 Coordinates: 53°37′25″N1°25′32″W / 53.6235°N 1.4256°W / 53.6235; -1.4256
Grid reference SE380142
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Barnsley Coal Railway
Pre-grouping MS&LR,
Great Central Railway
Post-grouping LNER
Key dates
1 September 1882Opened
1 March 1927Renamed
22 February 1930Closed

Ryhill railway station was situated on the Barnsley Coal Railway, later the MS&L, Great Central and London and North Eastern Railway.

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History

The station opened for passenger traffic on 1 September 1882. It was renamed Ryhill and Wintersett on 1 March 1927 and closed by the LNER on 22 February 1930.

The station consisted of two flanking wooden platforms with wooden buildings, the main buildings being on the Barnsley bound side, and a signal box just off the end of the Barnsley - bound platform. The platforms were linked by a standard footbridge. [1]

Another station, Ryhill Halt, served the village on the Dearne Valley Railway from 1912 to 1951, about half a mile to the south-east.

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References

  1. "Ryhill Station situated on Barnsley Coal Railway opened 1882 closed 1930". outwoodcommunityvideo.co.uk. OUTWOOD COMMUNITY VIDEO. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  2. Earnshaw, Alan (1993). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 8. Penryn: Atlantic Books. p. 5. ISBN   0-906899-52-4.
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