Sykehouse railway station
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Sykehouse railway station was a railway station built on the Hull and Barnsley and Great Central Joint Railway
between Thorpe-in-Balne
and Snaith and Pollington. It was built with the line which opened on 1 May 1916 but the station never opened to passengers. Although there were no passengers, the station was on the edge of the village of Sykehouse
some distance from the village, it had facilities and the two flanking platforms were in situ until 1960.
The station was controlled by a signal box situated by the level crossing at the end of the platform and this lasted until final closure of the line.
Hull and Barnsley and Great Central Joint Railway
The Hull and Barnsley and Great Central Joint Railway was a joint line which ran from Aire Junction, on the main line of the Hull and Barnsley Railway, near Gowdall and an end on junction with the Great Central and Midland Joint Railway at Braithwell Junction.-Description:The railway consisted of...
between Thorpe-in-Balne
Thorpe-in-Balne railway station
Thorpe-in-Balne railway station was a railway station on the Hull and Barnsley and Great Central Joint Railway. It was situated about from the village of Thorpe in Balne, South Yorkshire, England adjacent to the road and some north of Doncaster....
and Snaith and Pollington. It was built with the line which opened on 1 May 1916 but the station never opened to passengers. Although there were no passengers, the station was on the edge of the village of Sykehouse
Sykehouse
The civil parish of Sykehouse is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, on the border with the East Riding of Yorkshire. It had a population of 438 in 2001.-Geography:...
some distance from the village, it had facilities and the two flanking platforms were in situ until 1960.
The station was controlled by a signal box situated by the level crossing at the end of the platform and this lasted until final closure of the line.