| Wath North | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Wath-upon-Dearne |
| Area | Rotherham |
| Grid reference | SE442016 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| History | |
| 6 April 1841 | Station opened as Wath |
| 1 May 1850 | renamed Wath and Bolton |
| April 1914 | renamed Wath-on-Dearne |
| 25 September 1950 | renamed Wath North |
| 1 January 1968 | Station closed[1] |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Wath North railway station was on the Midland Railway's Sheffield - Cudworth - Normanton - Leeds main line, serving the South Yorkshire town of Wath-upon-Dearne.[2] The station was the furthest of the town's three railway stations from the town centre, being located three-quarters of a mile north of the town centre on the road to Bolton-on-Dearne, in an area of heavy industry away from the residential areas.
It was originally built by the North Midland Railway in 1841 the year after it opened and was called Wath and Bolton. It was a victim of the Beeching axe, being closed on 1 January 1968 when the local Sheffield-Cudworth-Leeds passenger trains were axed from the line. Express passenger and freight trains continued to pass through the station until 1986 when the line was closed due to severe subsidence; few remains of the station were present at that time.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swinton Town | BR Eastern Region Sheffield-Cudworth-Leeds Line |
Darfield | ||