Cudworth railway station

Cudworth
Push-and-pull from Barnsley in 1951
General information
LocationCudworth, Barnsley
England
Coordinates53°34′08″N 1°25′22″W / 53.56894°N 1.42273°W / 53.56894; -1.42273
Grid referenceSE383081
Platforms5
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Midland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 July 1840Station opened as Barnsley
1 August 1854renamed Cudworth for Barnsley
circa 1854new station
1 May 1870renamed Cudworth
1 January 1968Station closed[1]
Railway Clearing House diagram of lines around Cudworth in 1911
The Midland main lines at Wath Road Junction in 1957

Cudworth railway station (English: /ˈkʊdɜːrθ/) was a railway station that served Cudworth, South Yorkshire, England.

History

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The station was built by the North Midland Railway and opened in 1840. It was originally called Barnsley and is referred to in Allens Guide[2] as Barnsley Station at Cudworth Bridge. – Omnibus to Barnsley 2+12 miles on the left.

Roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) further north, was the line's first crossing of the Barnsley Canal.

In 1885 the station was extended with an extra platform for the Hull and Barnsley Railway, which passed through but was not connected to the Midland system until the next century.[3]

The station closed to passengers in 1968. In 1988 the line from Wath Road Junction to Cudworth was closed due to mining subsidence.

Accidents and incidents

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  • In 1843 a North Midland Railway luggage train collided with the rear of a stationary train in fog.
  • On 19 January 1905, once again in fog, a Midland Railway express passenger train overran signals and collided with a passenger train. Seven people were killed.[4]
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Darfield
Line closed; station closed
  Midland Railway
North Midland Railway
  Royston and Notton
Line closed; station closed

References

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  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. ^ Allen, R. (1842), The North Midland Railway Guide Nottingham: R. Allen
  3. ^ Pixton, B., (2000) North Midland: Portrait of a Famous Route, Cheltenham: Runpast Publishing
  4. ^ Earnshaw, Alan (1991). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 7. Penryn: Atlantic Books. p. 9. ISBN 0-906899-50-8.