Ryhill railway station

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
Grid reference	SE380142
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Barnsley Coal Railway
Pre-grouping	MS&LR, Great Central Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
1 September 1882	Opened
1 March 1927	Renamed
22 February 1930	Closed
Location

Ryhill railway station was situated on the Barnsley Coal Railway, later the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, Great Central and London and North Eastern Railway. It served the village of Ryhill in West Yorkshire, England.

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 1⁄2 mile (0.8 km) to the south-east.

Accidents and incidents

• On 13 December 1911, a freight train was derailed at the station due to the locomotive crew being incapacitated. ^[2]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Notton and Royston		Barnsley Coal Railway		Nostell

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.

Source

• Railways around Wakefield and Pontefract, John Farline and Peter Cookson, Wyvern Publications. ISBN   0-907941-15-X

External links

• Wintersett station on navigable 1947 O. S. map