Treeton railway station

Treeton
Site of the former station (1970)
Location	Treeton, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham England
Coordinates	53°23′07″N1°21′21″W / 53.385215°N 1.355730°W / 53.385215; -1.355730 Coordinates: 53°23′07″N1°21′21″W / 53.385215°N 1.355730°W / 53.385215; -1.355730
Grid reference	SK429877
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	LMSR London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
6 April 1841	Opened
2 January 1843	closed
1 October 1884	new station opened
29 October 1951	Closed for regular services [1]

v t e North Midland Railway
Legend
72¾ Leeds (Hunslet Lane) 70¾ Hunslet (1850) 68¾ Woodlesford 66¼ Methley Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway North Eastern Railway Methley Joint Railway 64¼ Calder Viaduct Altofts and Whitwood (1870) York and North Midland Railway 63¼ Normanton Manchester and Leeds Railway 59¾ Barnsley Canal Oakenshaw for Wakefield Sandal and Walton (1870) 58¼ Chevet Tunnel 57 56 ¾ Royston and Notton ( 1st 2nd ) ( 1841–1900 1900–1968 ) 53¾ Cudworth 49¼ Darfield (2nd) (1901–1963) 48¾ Cat Hill Tunnel 48¾ Darfield (1st) (1840–1901) 47¾ Wath North 45¾ Swinton Town 43¾ Kilnhurst West Parkgate and Rawmarsh (1853) 40¾ Rotherham Masborough Sheffield and Rotherham Railway Ickles viaduct 36¾ Treeton 35¼ Woodhouse Mill 34¾ Beighton (1840-1843) 32¼ Killamarsh West 30¼ Eckington and Renishaw 27¾ Barrow Hill Whittington Tapton Junction 25 24 ¾ Chesterfield original current 20¾ Clay Cross Clay Cross Tunnel 17¾ Stretton 14¾ Wingfield 11½ Lodge Hill Tunnel Cromford Canal aqueduct 11 10½ Ambergate current original Toadmoor (Hag Wood) Tunnel Longland Tunnel 7¼ 7 Belper current original Milford Tunnel 5¼ 5 Duffield current original Nottingham Road (1856) 0¾ Derby

Treeton railway station is a former railway station in the centre of Treeton, Rotherham, England.

v t e Sheffield District Railway
Legend
Context Rotherham Masbro' Holmes Meadowhall Brightside Sheffield District Railway West Tinsley   &    Catcliffe Treeton Attercliffe Road Sheffield District Railway Attercliffe Goods Depot Woodhouse Mill Sheffield (Midland) Heeley Millhouses and Ecclesall Beauchief Dore and Totley Bradway Tunnel Beighton Junction Darnall         LDECR Dronfield Killamarsh West Upperthorpe & K'marsh Mansfield via Shirebrook North Eckington & R'shaw Unstone Barrow Hill Sheepbridge Whittington Tapton Junction "New Road" "Old Road" Chesterfield ------------------------ Detail Attercliffe Rd - Brightside River Don Attercliffe Goods Hadfield's Works Jessop's Works Cooper's Works Firth's Works Allen's Works Cook's Works West Tinsley Broughton Lane - Tinsley Sheffield Canal Tinsley Park Colliery Tinsley Wood Tunnel Catcliffe River Rother Treeton, "Old Road" Chesterfield     Masbro'

History

The station was situated on the North Midland Railway's line between Rotherham Masborough and Chesterfield, widely known as "The Old Road". This line, which remains well used by freight, follows the Rother Valley. Treeton was a coal-mining village, though Treeton Colliery closed in 1990.

The original Treeton station opened on 6 April 1841 but closed the following year. A new station, on the same site, was opened on 1 October 1884 and closed on 29 October 1951, although it was used for a small number of excursion trains after that date.

The line here consisted of four tracks. The platforms served the centre two with access by steps from the adjacent road bridge. ^[2] The goods lines were routed to the rear of the platforms in an arrangement similar to that at Brightside in Sheffield. ^[3]

The station was located between Rotherham Masborough and Woodhouse Mill.

The stationmaster's house was situated at 8, Station Road, opposite the Station Hotel.

Passenger services

In 1922 passenger services calling at Treeton were at their most intensive, with trains serving four destinations via five routes:

• On Sundays only
  • stopping trains plied between Rotherham Masborough and Chesterfield (MR)
• On Mondays to Saturdays three stopping services plied between Sheffield (MR) and Chesterfield
  • most ran direct down the "New Road" through Dronfield and went nowhere near Treeton
• the other two set off north east from Sheffield (MR) towards Rotherham then swung east to go the "long way round" via the "Old Road"
  • one of these continued past Holmes, a short distance before Masboro' then swung hard right, next stop Treeton, heading south
  • the other continued past Attercliffe Road then swung right onto the Sheffield District Railway passing through or calling at West Tinsley and Catcliffe before Treeton
• a further service set off north east from Sheffield (MR) and used the Sheffield District Railway, then called at Treeton on its way to Mansfield (MR) via Woodhouse Mill then the LD&ECR's "Beighton Branch" to Langwith Junction. ^[4]

Services using the Sheffield District Railway ended at the outbreak of WW2, with a few months revival from 6 October 1946 to 17 March 1947. ^[5]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Woodhouse Mill Line and station closed		Midland Railway North Midland Railway		Rotherham Masborough Line and station closed
		Midland Railway North Midland Railway		Holmes Line and station closed
		Great Central Railway LDECR		Catcliffe Line and station closed

References

Notes

1. Butt 1995, p. 233.
2. Treeton station: via signalboxes
3. Pixton 2001, p. 27.
4. Bradshaw 1985, p. 660.
5. Cupit & Taylor 1984, p. 42.

Sources

• Bradshaw, George (1985) [July 1922]. Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation guide for Great Britain and Ireland: A reprint of the July 1922 issue. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN   978-0-7153-8708-5. OCLC   12500436.
• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199.
• Cupit, J.; Taylor, W. (1984) [1966]. The Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway. Oakwood Library of Railway History (2nd ed.). Headington: Oakwood Press. ISBN   978-0-85361-302-2. OL19.
• Pixton, Bob (2001). North Midland: Portrait of a Famous Route: Part 2 Chesterfield-Sheffield-Rotherham. Nottingham: Runpast Publishing, (now Book Law). ISBN   978-1-870754-51-4.

External links

• Treeton station on old OS map npe Map
• Treeton station: old maps via Old-Maps