Monk Bretton railway station

Monk Bretton
The site of the station in 2018
General information
LocationMonk Bretton, Barnsley
England
Coordinates53°34′14″N 1°26′23″W / 53.57068°N 1.43962°W / 53.57068; -1.43962
Grid referenceSE372083
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Key dates
1 January 1876[1]opened
27 September 1937closed

Monk Bretton railway station was a railway station that served the village of Monk Bretton, South Yorkshire, England. It was opened in 1876 by the Midland Railway[2] in their characteristic country style and is sited on the line between Barnsley Court House and Cudworth. The station was double track with two flanking platforms approached from the nearby road over bridge, the main buildings being on the Barnsley bound platform. A signal box, in typical Midland Railway design, was situated at the outer end of the Cudworth platform.

The station closed on 27 September 1937[3] though the line to Monk Bretton remained open and now serves a glassworks in the village where the line stops.[4]

References

  1. ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 300. OCLC 931112387.
  2. ^ Suggitt, Gordon (2007). Lost Railways of South & West Yorkshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. p. 138. ISBN 978-1-84674-043-5.
  3. ^ Clinker, C. R. (1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales. Bristol: Avon Anglia. p. 97. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
  4. ^ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (2016). Railway Track Diagrams Book 2: Eastern (4 ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-9549866-8-1.
  • "Railway Memories No.8", David Green & Peter Rose, Bellcode Books. ISBN 1-871233-07-0


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