Grimethorpe Halt railway station

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Grimethorpe Halt
Location Grimethorpe, Barnsley
England
Coordinates 53°34′48″N1°23′51″W / 53.58004°N 1.39757°W / 53.58004; -1.39757 Coordinates: 53°34′48″N1°23′51″W / 53.58004°N 1.39757°W / 53.58004; -1.39757
Grid reference SE399094
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Dearne Valley Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
3 June 1912 (1912-06-03)Station opened
10 September 1951 (1951-09-10)Station closed

Grimethorpe Halt was a small railway station on the Dearne Valley Railway (DVR) situated between Great Houghton Halt and Ryhill Halt. [1] It served the village of Grimethorpe, South Yorkshire, England.

The station was opened on 3 June 1912, and closed on 10 September 1951. [2] Originally, trains were operated on behalf of the DVR by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway; [3] when that company amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922, the combined organisation (also known as the London and North Western Railway) absorbed the DVR on the same day. [4]

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References

  1. Joy, David (1984). South and West Yorkshire : (the industrial West Riding) (2 ed.). Newton Abbot: David St John Thomas. p.  280. ISBN   0-946537-11-9.
  2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 110. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.
  3. Suggitt, Gordon (2015). Lost railways of South & West Yorkshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. p. 75. ISBN   978-1-84674-043-5.
  4. Marshall, John (1970). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 140, 142, 256. ISBN   0-7153-4906-6.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Ryhill Halt
Line and station closed
  Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Dearne Valley Railway
  Great Houghton Halt
Line and station closed