Kiveton Bridge railway station

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Kiveton Bridge
Location
Place Kiveton Park
Local authority Rotherham (borough)
Operations
Station code KIV
Managed by Northern Rail
Platforms in use 2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Passenger Usage
2004/05 ** 0.039 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
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Kiveton Bridge railway station was built to serve the growing communities of Kiveton Park and Wales in South Yorkshire, England. It also served the now closed Kiveton Park Colliery which was adjacent.

The station was opened by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1929 following pressure from the local councils who considered Kiveton Park station too far away from the centre of the community. The new station consisted of two flanking wooden platform linked by an overbridge, access to which was gained through the booking office, set at road level adjacent to the main road through, and linking the villages. The station was originally served by stopping services linking Sheffield Victoria, Cleethorpes and Lincoln Central.

Along with neighbouring Kiveton Park station it was completely rebuilt during the the early-1990's with modern platforms, lighting and waiting shelters, this work being funded by the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive. On completion of the work the station received new signs, unfortunately with the name as "Kiverton Bridge". These were replaced with the correct spelling by 21st May 1993.

The station is now served by trains on Northern Rail's Sheffield-Lincoln line together with the Sheffield-Cleethorpes via Brigg service which operates on Saturdays Only.

[edit] References

"East of Sheffield", Roger Milnes. "Forward" - the journal of the Great Central Railway Society, No.16., March 1978.

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Preceding station National Rail Following station
Kiveton Park   Northern Rail
Sheffield-Lincoln line
  Woodhouse