Waleswood railway station

Waleswood
General information
Location	Waleswood Colliery, Rotherham England
Coordinates	53°21′00″N1°18′02″W / 53.35005°N 1.30058°W / 53.35005; -1.30058
Grid reference	SK466839
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Central Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Central Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 July 1907	Opened
7 March 1955	Closed
Location

Waleswood railway station is a former railway station on the Great Central Railway's main line between Sheffield Victoria and Worksop, England.

The station was opened on 1 July 1907 by public demand, ^[1] where the road from Rotherham to Clowne road below the line and the Waleswood Curve, ^{[2] [3]} a connection from the Derbyshire Lines of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway at Killamarsh, joins the east–west main line. It was adjacent to Waleswood Colliery.

The station buildings were of all wood construction with flanking wooden platforms. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

The station booking hall suffered a major fire on 24 May 1953, when much internal damage was caused and rail traffic was disrupted.

The station was closed on 7 March 1955 and has since been demolished. ^[7]

References

1. Dow 1965, pp. 103 & 104.
2. Dow 1965, pp. 104 & 111.
3. Grainger 2002, pp. 73–74.
4. Kaye 1991, p. 45.
5. Hurst 1989, p. 34.
6. Ellis 1994, p. 11.
7. Gay 2004, p. 32.

Sources

• Dow, George (1965). Great Central, Volume Three: Fay Sets the Pace, 1900–1922. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN   0-7110-0263-0.
• Ellis, Norman (1994). South Yorkshire Railway Stations on old picture postcards. Keyworth, Nottinghamshire: Reflections of a Bygone Age. ISBN   0-946245-88-6.
• Gay, Stephen (2004). Through Kirton Tunnel, a Railway Journey from Sheffield to Cleethorpes. Sheffield: Pickard Communication. ISBN   0-9547264-0-5.
• Grainger, Ken (2002). Sheffield Victoria to Chesterfield Central, The "Derbyshire Lines" of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Part 1. Bredbury, Cheshire: Foxline Limited. ISBN   1-870119-83-5.
• Hurst, Geoffrey (1989). Great Central East of Sheffield Volume 1. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. ISBN   0-947796-00-2.
• Kaye, A.R. (1991). Great Central Railway North of Nottingham, Volume 2. Chesterfield: Terminus Publications. ISBN   0-946930-12-0.

External links

• Waleswood Station on 1955 OS Map: via npemaps
• Waleswood Station on old maps: via Old-maps