Killamarsh West railway station

Former railway station in Sheffield, England

53°19′35″N 1°19′51″W / 53.3263°N 1.3307°W / 53.3263; -1.3307Grid referenceSK 446 812Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyNorth Midland RailwayPre-groupingMidland RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates6 April 1841Station opened as "Killamarsh"2 January 1843closed21 January 1873reopened25 September 1950renamed "Killamarsh West"1 February 1954Station closed [1]

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

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":

  • v
  • t
  • e
North Midland Railway
Legend
72¾
 Leeds (Hunslet Lane)
70¾
 Hunslet
(1850)
68¾
 Woodlesford
66¼
 Methley
North Eastern Railway
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
7¼
7
 Belper
current
original
5¼
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. ^ a b 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

  • Bradshaw, George (1985) [July 1922]. Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation guide for Great Britain and Ireland: A reprint of the July 1922 issue. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-8708-5. OCLC 12500436.
  • 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. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Dow, George (1965). Great Central, Volume Three: Fay Sets the Pace, 1900–1922. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0263-0.
  • Pixton, Bob (2001). North Midland: Portrait of a Famous Route: Part 2 Chesterfield-Sheffield-Rotherham. Nottingham: Runpast Publishing, (now Book Law). ISBN 978-1-870754-51-4.

External links

  • Killamarsh West (in white) on 1955 OS Map npemaps
  • Killamarsh West StationKllamarsh


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