Meadowhall Station
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- This article refers to the original Meadowhall Station; for the modern station of the same name see Meadowhall Interchange
Meadowhall and Wincobank Station, also known at some time as Meadow Hall, was a railway station in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The station served the communities of Brightside and Wincobank and was situated on the South Yorkshire Railway, lying between Ecclesfield (East) and Tinsley stations.
The line, known as the "Blackburn Valley" line, connected with the Midland Railway, Rotherham to Sheffield (Wicker) line at Blackburn Junction at its southern end and ran to Aldam Junction, near Wombwell. This southern connection closed in August 1864 when the line to Woodburn Junction opened and a passenger service inaugurated between Sheffield Victoria and Barnsley. Meadowhall station was opened in August 1868 and had two flanking platforms. The main station building, alongside Blackburn Road, remains and is in good condition. The station closed to passengers on 7th December 1953.
The line through Meadowhall closed completely from Friday, 31st July 1987 having not seen any traffic since 3rd April when 20.150 worked from Tinsley yard to Roe Brothers scrap yard and return. The line, from Tinsley South Junction to Meadowhall, was lifted during the following year.
The line was transformed into a cycle path when the South Yorkshire Railway Preservation Society closed in 2004.
[edit] See also
- Meadowhall Interchange, present station of the same name.
- Wincobank and Meadowhall Station of the Sheffield & Rotherham Railway and later Midland Railway
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| Railways in Sheffield | ||
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| Railway lines: █ Dearne Valley • █ Hallam • █ Hope Valley • █ Midland Main Line • █ Penistone • █ Hull █ Lincoln • █ Wakefield • Woodhead |
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| Railway stations: Chapeltown • Darnall • Dore • Meadowhall • Sheffield • Woodhouse | ||
| Closed stations: Attercliffe • Attercliffe Road • Beauchief • Beighton • Bridgehouses • Brightside • Broughton Lane • Chapeltown • Chapeltown Central • Deepcar • Ecclesfield • Ecclesfield West • Grange Lane • Grimesthorpe Bridge • Heeley • Millhouses • Meadowhall • Wincobank (and Meadow Hall) • Neepsend • Oughtibridge • Tinsley • Tinsley West • Victoria • Wadsley Bridge • Wicker | ||
| Engine sheds: Darnall • Grimesthorpe • Millhouses • Neepsend • Nunnery • Tinsley | ||
| Transport in Sheffield • SYPTE UK railway stations: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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