Sheffield Wicker Station

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Sheffield Wicker Station was the first railway station to be built in Sheffield, Yorkshire. It was located to the north of the city centre—at the northern end of the Wicker, in the fork formed by Spital Hill and Saville Street. It was opened on 31 October 1838 as the southern terminus of the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway, which ran from this station north to Rotherham Westgate Station.

In 1840 it was connected to the North Midland Railway at Rotherham Masborough railway station. Carriages from Sheffield would be attached to North Midland trains for onward travel. A southbound curve was added 1869.

Wicker station became obsolete as a passenger station on 1 February 1870 when the Midland Railway opened a direct route from Chesterfield to just north of Wicker station, involving gradients of 1 in 100, a viaduct and three tunnels. One, the Bradway Tunnel, is 2,027 yards long. Railway workers refer to it as the "New Road", as opposed to the "Old Road" of the original North Midland line.

It was replaced by Sheffield Midland Station on this new route, which is now part of the Midland Main Line.

Wicker Station remained open as a goods station until 1965 but has now been demolished. The site is currently occupied by a car dealership and Amanda King's Made In Sheffield sculpture.

Map showing Wicker Station (marked Midland Railway Station) in 1855.

[edit] See also

• Sheffield Midland station
• Sheffield Victoria Station

[edit] Bibliography

• Fox, Peter, (1990) The Midland Line in Sheffield, Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-872524-16-8
• Pixton, B., (2000) North Midland: Portrait of a Famous Route, Cheltenham: Runpast Publishing

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Coordinates: 53°23′23″N, 1°27′30″W