City Goods station

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City Goods was a goods station, belonging to the London and North Western Railway, in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

The London and North Western Railway presence in Sheffield began in 1895 when it opened a small goods station on Bernard Road. The company opened a ¾-mile branch Eastwards form Woodburn Junction to their what was then called Sheffield City Goods terminal on Bernard Road. Its first line in the steel city was inadequate in the eyes of the LNWR as it was buried under its rivals' network of lines. The company obtained powers to build a more suitable establishment.

The site chosen was at the corner of Broad Street and Wharf Street, behind the Corn Exchange, ¾-mile West of their terminus on Bernard Road. A tunnel under the Nunnery Colliery goods line was necessary as well as a bridge above the Midland Main Line, just North of Midland station. The exit of the tunnel was directly above the MML and connected to a bridge above the main railway line. It then pursued West to the depot on red brick arches. The depot building itself was three storeys high and covered 94,260 ft² and possessed two 20 ton hydraulic lifts capable of carrying 10 ton wagons down to the basement (actually at street level). The yard opened in February 1903 and Bernard Road depot was kept open to deal with heavier loads.

To avoid confusion, Bernard Road goods were renamed Nunnery Goods and the title of City Goods passed onto the new goods yard.

The depot closed on 12 July 1965 when a new large freight transshipment and engine depot opened at Grimesthorpe.

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• (English) Rail centres n°11: Sheffield. S.R. Batty. p44-45