West Tinsley Station

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West Tinsley Station was a railway station in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The station served the communities of Tinsley and Carbrook and was situated on the Sheffield District Railway between Brightside Junction and Tinsley Yard, immediately adjacent to Sheffield Road in Tinsley.

The station, opened on 30th September 1900 as "Tinsley Road", was renamed on 1st July 1907. It had two wooden platforms each with wooden buildings, this being to reduce weight as the station was situated on top of an embankment which carried the line across the Don Valley from Brightside to Catcliffe. The station was closed on 11th September 1939 but it was some years before its buildings were demolished in the late 1960's and there are little signs of its existence, nowadays the only signs of the bridge over Sheffield Road is the retaining wall on the side opposite of the road from where the station stood. The station also had a goods yard with a very large goods shed, these facilities being at the level of Sheffield Road and with access from that road adjacent to the road bridge. The goods shed, after rationalisation of facilities in Sheffield, became the wooden pattern store for Edgar Allen and Company. Under the control of staff at Tinsley West station were works sidings to Edgar Allen and Company and Firth Vickers and Company.

About 3/4 mile towards Rotherham along Sheffield Road can be found the site is Tinsley Station.

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