Waleswood railway station

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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
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Great Central Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Central Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 July 1907Opened
7 March 1955Closed

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

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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]

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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.

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