Sprotborough (H&B) railway station

Sprotborough (H&B) railway station was a small station on the South Yorkshire Junction Railway, which ran south from Wrangbrook Junction, where it joined the main line of the Hull and Barnsley Railway. It was situated between Denaby and Conisbrough and Pickburn and Brodsworth station.[1]

Sprotborough (H&B)
Station remains in July 2020.
General information
LocationSprotborough, Doncaster
England
Coordinates53.508325°N 1.198340°W / 53.508325; -1.198340
Grid referenceSE532015
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companySouth Yorkshire Junction Railway
Key dates
1 December 1894opened
2 February 1903Closed
Railway Clearing House diagram including Sprotborough in 1910.

History

The station, consisting of two flanking platforms, was situated at a passing loop (which closed on 27 April 1967), on the single line railway. The main building, a single storey wooden structure with brick-built chimneys, was situated on the Hull-bound platform, as was the signal cabin which contained a 10 lever frame. The Denaby-bound platform was provided with a wooden waiting shelter. A house for the station master was built nearby and still stands.[1]

The station opened on 1 December 1894.[2] It closed to passengers on 2 February 1903,[2] and totally in August 1964.[3]

The village of Sprotborough had also been served by a station on the South Yorkshire Railway, half a mile to the south on the other side of the River Don near the village of Warmsworth.[4] This station opened in 1850 but closed in 1875. To differentiate this is sometimes referred to as Sprotborough (SYR) railway station.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Denaby and Coninsbrough   South Yorkshire Junction Railway
South Yorkshire Junction Railway
   Pickburn and Brodsworth

References
  1. Suggitt, Gordon (2015). Lost railways of South & West Yorkshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. p. 145. ISBN 978-184674-043-5.
  2. Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 218. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  3. "Disused Stations: Sprotbrough Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  4. Batty, Stephen R (1989). Doncaster. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 23. ISBN 0-7110-2004-3.
  • Goode, C.T. (1975). Railways of South Yorkshire. Dalesman Publishing. ISBN 0-85206-307-5.


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