Waleswood railway station
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Waleswood railway station was a station on the Great Central Railway
's main line between Sheffield Victoria and Worksop
.
The station was opened on 1 July 1907 by 'public demand' and was situated at the point where the Rotherham to Clowne road passes below the line and the 'Waleswood Curve', a connection from the Derbyshire Lines of the M.S.& L.R. at Killamarsh, joins the east-west main line. It was adjacent to Waleswood Colliery
in South Yorkshire
, England
.
The station was of all wood construction with flanking platforms.
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.
Read more about Waleswood Station and railways in this area in Alan Rowles' Railways of Kiveton and Wales, available to download at http://www.kivetonwaleshistory.co.uk/assets/publications/railways.pdf.
Great Central Railway
The Great Central Railway was a railway company in England which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 in anticipation of the opening in 1899 of its London Extension . On 1 January 1923, it was grouped into the London and North Eastern...
's main line between Sheffield Victoria and Worksop
Worksop railway station
Worksop railway station serves the town of Worksop in Nottinghamshire, England.Opened in July 1849 by the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway, part of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, it is today an intermediate stop on the regional service from Lincoln Central to...
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The station was opened on 1 July 1907 by 'public demand' and was situated at the point where the Rotherham to Clowne road passes below the line and the 'Waleswood Curve', a connection from the Derbyshire Lines of the M.S.& L.R. at Killamarsh, joins the east-west main line. It was adjacent to Waleswood Colliery
Waleswood Colliery
Waleswood Colliery was a coal mine situated between Swallownest and Wales Bar, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The colliery was adjacent to the Rotherham to Clowne road and the main line of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway about 2 miles east of Woodhouse.The first shaft...
in South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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The station was of all wood construction with flanking platforms.
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.
Read more about Waleswood Station and railways in this area in Alan Rowles' Railways of Kiveton and Wales, available to download at http://www.kivetonwaleshistory.co.uk/assets/publications/railways.pdf.