Hickleton and Thurnscoe Halt

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Hickleton and Thurnscoe Halt was a small station on the Hull and Barnsley Railway line between Wrangbrook Junction and Wath-upon-Dearne. The halt was built to serve the mining villages of Hickleton and Thurnscoe, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire and was situated in the centre of Thurnscoe at the point where the line crosses over the main Barnsley road. Hickleton village was situated over 1/2 mile away.

The station was situated 3 miles south of Moorhouse and South Elmsall and consisted of a single wooden platform with a single storey "Double Pavilion" style wooden station building. The platform surface was of gravel and the station opened on 28th August 1902 and closed, along with the others on the line, on 6th April 1929.

The line was controlled by two standard H&B style signal boxes named "Hickleton Station" and "Hickleton Colliery".

Immediately south of the station was the entrance to Hickleton Colliery where the H&B shared sidings with the Swinton and Knottingley Joint line.

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