Edlington Halt
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Edlington Halt was a small railway station at the eastern terminus of the Dearne Valley Railway. The halt's full title as shown on the station nameboard is "Edlington for Balby Doncaster" (with the words 'for' and 'Doncaster' in lettering half size compared to the others). It was built to serve the mining village of Edlington and the Doncaster suburb of Balby.
The station, like others on the Dearne Valley, consisted of a bed of sleepers set at track level with an old L&Y coach body lit a couple of gas lanterns for a waiting shelter, , lighting being provided by. The large station sign was removed in the late 1920s and replaced by a simple "Edlington".
The station was opened for passengers on 3 June 1912 and ceased on 10 September 1951. The passenger service was originally operated by a Hughes-designed 'railmotor' which was fitted with vacuum-operated retractable steps--this saving on platform building,
