Woodhouse Mill railway station

Former railway station in England

Woodhouse Mill

Site of the former station (2008)

General information
Location| Aston cum Aughton, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham
England
Coordinates| 53°22′05″N 1°20′47″W﻿ / ﻿53.368080°N 1.346370°W﻿ / 53.368080; -1.346370
Grid reference| SK435858
Platforms| 2
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Original company| Midland Railway
Post-grouping| London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
6 April 1840| Station opened
21 September 1953| Station closed for passengers[1]
2 November 1964| closed for freight

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North Midland Railway

Legend

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72¾

| Leeds (Hunslet Lane)

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70¾

| Hunslet |

(1850)

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68¾

| Woodlesford
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66¼

| Methley
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Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

|  |

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North Eastern Railway

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Methley Joint Railway

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64¼

Calder Viaduct

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|  | Altofts and Whitwood |

(1870)

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York and North Midland Railway

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63¼

| Normanton
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Manchester and Leeds Railway

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59¾

Barnsley Canal

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|  | Oakenshaw

for Wakefield

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|  | Sandal and Walton |

(1870)

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58¼

Chevet Tunnel

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| 57

Royston and Notton

( | 1st

2nd

( | 1841–1900

1900–1968

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53¾

|  Cudworth
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49¼

| Darfield

(2nd)

(1901–1963)

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48¾

Cat Hill Tunnel

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48¾

| Darfield

(1st)

(1840–1901)

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47¾

| Wath North
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45¾

| Swinton Town
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43¾

| Kilnhurst West
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|  | Parkgate and Rawmarsh |

(1853)

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40¾

| Rotherham Masborough
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Sheffield and Rotherham Railway

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Ickles viaduct

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36¾

| Treeton
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35¼

| Woodhouse Mill
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34¾

| Beighton |

(1840-1843)

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32¼

| Killamarsh West
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30¼

| Eckington and Renishaw
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27¾

| Barrow Hill
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|  | Whittington
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Tapton Junction

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| 25

Chesterfield

| original

current

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20¾

| Clay Cross
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Clay Cross Tunnel

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17¾

| Stretton
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14¾

| Wingfield
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11½

Lodge Hill Tunnel

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Cromford Canal aqueduct

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| 11

10½

Ambergate

| current

original

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Toadmoor (Hag Wood) Tunnel

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Longland Tunnel

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| 7¼

Belper

| current

original

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Milford Tunnel

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| 5¼

Duffield

| current

original

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|  | Nottingham Road |

(1856)

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| Derby
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Woodhouse Mill railway station was opened in 1840 by the North Midland Railway on its line between Rotherham Masborough and Chesterfield.

It was situated to the south of the main A57 road shortly after this left the City of Sheffield and served Woodhouse Mill, near Sheffield, Orgreave, Fence and (Aston cum Aughton), all within Rotherham, South Yorkshire.

It may initially have been simply a halt, but the Midland Railway installed an island platform with a timber and brick booking office at its centre. Nearby was Orgreave Coke Works and Fence Colliery. It closed in 1953.[2]

The station was located between that at Treeton and the original North Midland station at Beighton. The line is still in use today but has been a freight only route since July 1954, although it is very occasionally used as a diversionary route and by excursions not calling at Sheffield. It serves as a bypass line which keeps freight trains away from the congested lines through central Sheffield.

Preceding station  |  | Disused railways  |  | Following station

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Treeton
Line and station closed |  | Midland Railway
North Midland Railway |  | Beighton
Line and station closed
| Great Central Railway
Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway |  | Upperthorpe and Killamarsh
Line and station closed

## References

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### Notes

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1. ^ Butt 1995, p. 254.
2. ^ Pixton 2001, p. 26.

### Sources

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* Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
* Pixton, Bob (2001). North Midland: Portrait of a Famous Route: Part 2 Chesterfield-Sheffield-Rotherham. Nottingham: Runpast Publishing, (now Book Law). ISBN 1-870754-51-4.

## External links

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* "The station and line overlain on old OS maps". National Library of Scotland.
* "The station and line overlain on rail and other maps". Rail Map Online.

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