Finningley railway station

Finningley

Location

Place

Finningley and Blaxton

Area

Doncaster

Grid reference

SK670997

Operations

Pre-grouping

Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway

Platforms

History

1961

Closed

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Finningley railway station was a railway station built to serve the villages of Finningley and Blaxton, South Yorkshire, England.^[1]

History

The first railway station to be built was some 500 yards (460 m) to the west of the level crossing on the main Bawtry to Thorne road (A614). The second station, still in South Yorkshire, was on the east of the level crossing, some 2 miles (3 km) west of the county boundary. It was located on the Doncaster to Lincoln Line approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) from RAF Finningley (now Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport). Although the station closed to passengers on 11 September 1961 ^[2] it was opened specially for trains from Doncaster to the Finningley Air Show in the early 1960s and on one occasion to serve the Royal Train when H.M. The Queen visited the Royal Air Force airfield.

Future

Nowadays only the now derelict platforms remain, along with the former station buildings (which are now a private residence) and the signal box, which remains in use to operate the adjacent level crossing.

Planning permission for a new station slightly further north to serve the airport has recently been granted by Doncaster Council^[3] and discussions regarding station design and service levels are currently taking place between the local authority, Network Rail and the various TOCs with a view to opening the new station in 2012.

Former Services