Killamarsh West railway station

Killamarsh West is a former railway station in Halfway, South Yorkshire, England.

Killamarsh West
Passing the remains of Killamarsh West in 1957
General information
LocationHalfway, City of Sheffield
England
Coordinates53.3263°N 1.3307°W / 53.3263; -1.3307
Grid referenceSK 446 812
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Midland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
6 April 1841Station opened as "Killamarsh"
2 January 1843closed
21 January 1873reopened
25 September 1950renamed "Killamarsh West"
1 February 1954Station closed [1]

History

A station was opened on the site by the North Midland Railway on its line between Chesterfield and Rotherham which became known as the "Old Road". It was closed in 1843 by George Hudson during a period of financial difficulty.

A new station was built by the Midland Railway in 1873. Although locally it was commonly known as Killamarsh Midland, the name was not officially adopted.[2] It was renamed Killamarsh West by British Railways in 1950.[3]

It was of typical Midland design, brick built and timber, with a foot crossing between the platforms.

The station closed in 1954. The line is now part of the current Midland Main Line. It is used predominantly for freight, with a handful of passenger trains going the "long way round" from Chesterfield to Sheffield via the Old Road and Darnall largely to retain staff route knowledge in case of diversions.[4]

Today

There are virtually no remains of the station today, other than a large space beside the railway line where the platforms once occupied. The site is inaccessible as the line remains open.

Passenger services

In 1922 passenger services calling at Killamarsh West were at their most intensive, with trains serving three destinations via three overlapping routes:

  • On Sundays only
  • On Mondays to Saturdays three stopping services plied between Sheffield (MR) and Chesterfield
    • most ran direct down the "New Road" through Dronfield and went nowhere near Killamarsh West.
  • the other two services went the "long way round" via the "Old Road". They set off north eastwards from Sheffield (MR) towards Rotherham then swung east to go south along the Old Road
    • one of these continued past Holmes, a short distance before Masboro' then swung hard right, next stop Treeton, then all stations, including Killamarsh West, to Chesterfield,
    • the other continued past Attercliffe Road then swung right onto the Sheffield District Railway passing through or calling at West Tinsley and Catcliffe before Treeton, after which they called at all stations to Chesterfield.[2]

See also

Three stations served the village of Killamarsh, all of which started as plain "Killamarsh":

North Midland Railway
72¾
Leeds (Hunslet Lane)
70¾
Hunslet
(1850)
68¾
Woodlesford
66¼
Methley
64¼
Calder Viaduct
Altofts and Whitwood
(1870)
63¼
Normanton
59¾
Barnsley Canal
Oakenshaw
for Wakefield
Sandal and Walton
(1870)
58¼
Chevet Tunnel
57
56
¾
Royston and Notton
(
1st
2nd
)
(
1841–1900
1900–1968
)
53¾
Cudworth
49¼
Darfield
(2nd)
(1901–1963)
48¾
48¾
Darfield
(1st)
(1840–1901)
47¾
Wath North
45¾
Swinton Town
43¾
Kilnhurst West
Parkgate and Rawmarsh
(1853)
40¾
Rotherham Masborough
Ickles viaduct
36¾
Treeton
35¼
Woodhouse Mill
34¾
Beighton
(1840-1843)
32¼
Killamarsh West
30¼
Eckington and Renishaw
27¾
Barrow Hill
Whittington
Tapton Junction
25
24
¾
Chesterfield
original
current
20¾
Clay Cross
17¾
Stretton
14¾
Wingfield
11½
Lodge Hill Tunnel
11
10½
Ambergate
current
original
Longland Tunnel
7
Belper
current
original
5
Duffield
current
original
Nottingham Road
(1856)
0¾
Derby
Railway stations at Killamarsh and their respective lines
Up coal train at Killamarsh West in 1957

References

Notes

  1. Butt 1995, p. 132.
  2. Bradshaw 1985, p. 660.
  3. Pixton 2001, p. 24.
  4. "Old Road passenger traffic in 2013: via psul4all". Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  5. Dow 1965, p. 111.

Sources

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Beighton
Line and station closed
  Midland Railway
North Midland Railway "Old Road"
  Eckington and Renishaw
Line and station closed
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