Wincobank railway station

Wincobank
Location
Place Brightside and Wincobank
Area City of Sheffield
Coordinates 53°25′03″N 1°24′46″W / 53.417580°N 1.412700°W / 53.417580; -1.412700Coordinates: 53°25′03″N 1°24′46″W / 53.417580°N 1.412700°W / 53.417580; -1.412700
Grid reference SK391913
Operations
Original company Midland Railway
Pre-grouping Midland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms 2
History
1 May 1868 Station opened
1 July 1899 renamed Wincobank and Meadowhall
18 June 1951 renamed Wincobank
2 April 1956 Station closed[1]
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Wincobank railway station, previously named Wincobank and Meadow Hall, was a railway station in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The station served the communities of Brightside and Wincobank and was situated on the Midland Main Line on Meadowhall Road, lying between Holmes and Brightside stations.

The station was opened on 1 April 1868[2] and had two platforms although four tracks went through. The two outside tracks were for freight use whilst the two inside tracks were used by both stopping and express trains. Only two were in general use as there were two slow and two fast lines. The station was situated just on the Rotherham side of the junction to the "Blackburn Valley" line of the South Yorkshire Railway which itself was just east of the Midland Railway junction which took services from Sheffield to Barnsley. The station closed in 1956 as the immediate area was but sparsely populated and the nearby Brightside station more practical. The remains of the station were obliterated when the Meadowhall Interchange station was built on the site and opened in 1990.

The station changed names several times. In 1868 the station opened as Wincobank. It was renamed Wincobank and Meadow Hall station in July 1899 and back to Wincobank station in June 1951.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Brightside
Line open, station closed		   Midland Railway   Holmes
Line open, station closed

See also

References

  1. ↑ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. ↑ Batty, Stephen R. (1984). Rail Centres No.11: Sheffield. p. 44.
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