Ecclesfield East railway station explained

Ecclesfield East
Status:Disused
Borough:Ecclesfield, City of Sheffield
Country:England
Coordinates:53.444°N -1.4508°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Pregroup:South Yorkshire Railway
Years:September 1854
Events:Opened
Years1:1856
Events1:closed
Years2:1876
Events2:open
Years3:7 December 1953
Events3:Closed

Ecclesfield East railway station was built by the South Yorkshire Railway on their "Blackburn Valley" line between Sheffield Wicker and Barnsley.[1] The station was intended to serve the parish of Ecclesfield, near Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, although it is some distance from the centre of the village.

The original "Ecclesfield" railway station was opened in September 1854 and closed just two years later.[2] It was replaced by a new station opened in 1876,[3] with buildings and staggered platforms linked by a footbridge and cost £1985 (including sidings and approach road). These buildings are identical to those at Meadowhall although it had staggered platforms. By this time the line was worked by the Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and the trains ran into their Sheffield Victoria Station.[4] The station closed on 7 December 1953 and has been completely dismantled.

The nearby station of Ecclesfield West was initially also known as Ecclesfield.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Whitehead . Joanna . Victorian railway station on sale for £250,000 . 19 March 2019 . The Independent . 10 August 2018.
  2. Book: Burgess . Neil . The Lost Railways of Yorkshire's West Riding; Barnsley Doncaster, Sheffield and the South . 2014 . Stenlake . Catrine . 9781840336566 . 8.
  3. Book: Suggitt . Gordon . Lost Railways of South and West Yorkshire . 2015 . Countryside Books . Newbury . 978-1-84674-043-5 . 115.
  4. Book: Haigh . A . Joy . D . Yorkshire Railways Including Cleveland and Humberside . 1979 . Dalesman Books . Clapham . 0-85206-553-1 . 35 . 4: South Yorkshire.
  5. Book: Joy . David . A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain, Volume 8; South and West Yorkshire . 1984 . David & Charles . Newton Abbot . 0-946537-11-9 . 157 . 2 .