Pickburn and Brodsworth railway station

Pickburn and Brodsworth railway station was a small railway station situated on the South Yorkshire Junction Railway's line between Wrangbrook Junction and Denaby and Conisbrough. It was situated 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Wrangbrook Junction, just inside what became the South Yorkshire boundary and was intended to serve the hamlet of Pickburn, which was close by, and Brodsworth, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, a short distance away.

Pickburn and Brodsworth
Station site in July 2020.
General information
LocationPickburn, Doncaster
England
Coordinates53.55977°N 1.21947°W / 53.55977; -1.21947
Grid referenceSE518072
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingSouth Yorkshire Junction Railway
Key dates
1 December 1894opened
1 February 1903[1]closed
1910 Railway Clearing House diagram showing the route of the South Yorkshire Junction Railway, with Pickburn and Brodsworth station

The station was similar to that at Sprotborough and controlled by a signal box which was replaced in 1910 when the opening of Brodsworth Colliery necessitated a larger installation. A short branch was built to access the colliery from this point.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Sprotborough   South Yorkshire Junction Railway
South Yorkshire Junction Railway
  Kirk Smeaton

References

  1. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 341. OCLC 931112387.

"Railways of South Yorkshire", C.T. Goode, Dalesman Publications. ISBN 0-85206-307-5


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