Hexthorpe railway platform

Hexthorpe platform
Hexthorpe platform
	Train passing the approximate location of the former halt
General information
Location	Hexthorpe, Doncaster; England
Coordinates	53.5119°N 1.1537°W
Grid reference	SE562020
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Opened	1 February 1850[1]
Closed	1855

Hexthorpe railway platform was a short, wooden railway platform on the South Yorkshire Railway line about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Doncaster in the area known as Hexthorpe Flatts, just on the Doncaster side of the road bridge. The platform was situated on the Doncaster – bound line and was normally used for the collection of tickets particularly on the days of the St. Leger race meeting.

1887 accident

Rail accident 1887

On 16 September 1887 the platform was the scene of a tragic railway accident. The Hexthorpe rail accident was one of a series of accidents which occurred in the "Battle of the Brakes", a period when railway managements were in dispute over the type of brake, if any, which should be used on passenger trains. The death toll reached 25 and 66 were injured.

References

Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 225. OCLC 931112387.

Great Central, Volume 2 George Dow, Locomotive Publishing Co.,
Historic Railway Disasters by O.S. Nock. Ian Allan. 1966. ISBN 0-09-003410-4

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[1] Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 225. OCLC 931112387.