Wath (Hull and Barnsley) railway station

Disused railway station in South Yorkshire, England

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Wath

Site of the former station (2013)

General information
Location| Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham
England
Coordinates| 53°30′27″N 1°20′15″W﻿ / ﻿53.507484°N 1.337388°W﻿ / 53.507484; -1.337388
Grid reference| SE440014
Platforms| 1
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Original company| Hull and South Yorkshire Extension Railway
Pre-grouping| Hull and Barnsley Railway
Post-grouping| London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1902| opened
1929| closed

Wath railway station was one of three railway stations in Wath-upon-Dearne, South Yorkshire, England. It was the southern terminus of The Hull & South Yorkshire Extension Railway which became part of the Hull and Barnsley Railway in 1898 and was the southern terminus of a branch line from Wrangbrook Junction.[1] The station was located on Station Road between the Great Central Railway's Wath Central station and the Midland Railway's Wath North station. Branch line trains connected with Sheffield-Cudworth-Hull trains at Wrangbrook.

The railway was opened for passengers on 28 August 1902, with Wath being 8 miles (13 km) from Wrangbrook Junction and 11 miles (18 km) from Kirk Smeaton, where the passenger service went to.[2] However, the line was not a success for passenger traffic: it was closed to passengers on 6 April 1929. The station at Wath was a single platform affair[3] but with a substantial station house. This and the former ticket office are the only surviving remains of the station and have survived the buildings of Wath's other two, more successful stations: they still stand on Station Road, called "Station House" and "Barnsley Cottage" respectively.

## References

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1. ^ Suggitt, Gordon (2015). Lost railways of South & West Yorkshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. p. 145\. ISBN 978-1-84674-043-5.
2. ^ Burgess, Neil (2014). The lost railways of Yorkshire's West Riding : Barnsley, Doncaster, Sheffield and the south. Catrine: Stenlake. p. 26\. ISBN 9781840336566.
3. ^ Batty, Stephen R (1991). Doncaster. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 58\. ISBN 0-7110-2004-3.

Preceding station  |   | Disused railways  |   | Following station

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Terminus |   | Hull and Barnsley Railway |   | Hickleton and THurnscoe

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