Monk Bretton railway station

Monk Bretton
Location
Place Monk Bretton
Area Barnsley
Coordinates 53°34′14″N 1°26′23″W / 53.57068°N 1.43962°W / 53.57068; -1.43962Coordinates: 53°34′14″N 1°26′23″W / 53.57068°N 1.43962°W / 53.57068; -1.43962
Grid reference SE372083
Operations
Pre-grouping Midland Railway
Platforms 2
History
1876 opened
1937 closed
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Monk Bretton railway station was a railway station that served the village of Monk Bretton, South Yorkshire, England. It was opened in 1876 by the Midland Railway[1] in their characteristic country style and is sited on the line between Barnsley Court House and Cudworth. The station was double track with two flanking platforms approached from the nearby road over bridge, the main buildings being on the Barnsley bound platform. A signal box, in typical Midland Railway design, was situated at the outer end of the Cudworth platform.

The station closed on 27 September 1937[2] though the line to Monk Bretton remained open and now serves a glassworks in the village where the line stops.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Suggitt, Gordon (2007). Lost Railways of South & West Yorkshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. p. 138. ISBN 978-1-84674-043-5.
  2. ↑ Clinker, C R (1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales. Bristol: Avon Anglia. p. 97. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
  3. ↑ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (2016). Railway Track Diagrams Book 2: Eastern (4 ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-9549866-8-1.
  • "Railway Memories No.8", David Green & Peter Rose, Bellcode Books. ISBN 1-871233-07-0


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