Silkstone Common railway station

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Silkstone Common

Location

Place

Silkstone Common

Local authority

Barnsley

Operations

Station code

SLK

Managed by

Northern Rail

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Passenger Usage

2004/05 **

26,210

Passenger Transport Executive

PTE

South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive

History

Key dates

Opened May 1983

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The present Silkstone Common railway station, which opened on 14th May 1983 serves the village of Silkstone Common, near Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. The station is 3 miles (5 km) west of Barnsley on Penistone Line between Huddersfield and Sheffield.

[edit] History

The original station, simply known as "Silkstone", was opened on 1st November 1855 and rebuilt on the same site in the last quarter of the 19th century in the "Double Pavilion" style favoured by the Manchester, Sheffield and Linclonshire Railway. The former station masters house remains towards the Penistone end of the present platform. This is now a private residence.

The present station is the third to serve the village.

The station is built over the tunnel through which passed the Silkstone Wagonway, an early rail link from the coal pits in Silkstone Common, via a rope hauled incline and the village of Silkstone to the Barnsley Canal. Little can be seen from the station but looking at the wall opposite the platform a small rise in the coping stones is detectable which coincides with the arch of the tunnel.