Goldthorpe and Thurnscoe Halt railway station

Goldthorpe and Thurnscoe Halt
General information
LocationGoldthorpe, Barnsley
England
Coordinates53°31′57″N 1°18′21″W / 53.53258°N 1.30579°W / 53.53258; -1.30579
Grid referenceSE465035
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyDearne Valley Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
3 June 1912 (1912-06-03)Station opened
10 September 1951 (1951-09-10)Station closed

Goldthorpe and Thurnscoe Halt was a small railway station on the Dearne Valley Railway (DVR) situated between Harlington Halt and Great Houghton Halt.[1] It served the village of Goldthorpe in South Yorkshire, England.

The station opened on 3 June 1912.[2] At first, trains were operated on behalf of the DVR by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway;[3] when that company amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922, the combined organisation (also known as the London and North Western Railway) absorbed the DVR on the same day.[4]

The station closed on 10 September 1951.[2]

References

  1. ^ Joy, David (1984). South and West Yorkshire : (the industrial West Riding) (2 ed.). Newton Abbot: David St John Thomas. p. 280. ISBN 0-946537-11-9.
  2. ^ a b Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 106. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  3. ^ Suggitt, Gordon (2015). Lost railways of South & West Yorkshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-84674-043-5.
  4. ^ Marshall, John (1970). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 140, 142, 256. ISBN 0-7153-4906-6.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Great Houghton Halt
Line and station closed
  Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Dearne Valley Railway
  Harlington Halt
Line and station closed