Kiveton Park railway station

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Kiveton Park

Location

Place

Anston

Local authority

Rotherham

Operations

Station code

KVP

Managed by

Northern Rail

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

0.033 million

2005/06 *

0.033 million

Passenger Transport Executive

PTE

South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive

History

Key dates

Opened 1849

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kiveton Park from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Kiveton Park railway station serves Anston in South Yorkshire, England. The original station was opened by the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway in 1849, situated to the east of the level crossing and opened with the line. It was rebuilt in the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway "Double Pavilion" style, on the west side of the level crossing in 1884.

Kiveton Park was a centre of lime working in the area and many company sidings came under the jurisdiction of its Station Master. Adjacent to the station was the Dog Kennels Lime and Stone Works, named after the road linking the station to Anston, and the Kiveton Park Lime and Stone Works. Just to the east were the Kiveton Park and Anston lime quarries. All the companies had lime burning facilities and agricultural lime was supplied, by rail, to outlets in Lincolnshire.

Along with neighbouring Kiveton Bridge station it was completely rebuilt during the early-1990s with modern platforms, lighting and waiting shelters, this work being funded by the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive. The only remaining part of the 1884 station is the Station Master's house which stands on the Sheffield-bound (down) platform.

The station is on Northern Rail's Sheffield-Lincoln line.

Kiveton Park station provides a good point for people wishing to access the Chesterfield Canal towpath. The towpath towards Shireoaks suffered some damage following heavy rains in June and July 2007. The railway was also closed for a while at the same time following a landslip, but had reopened by the end of August 2007.