Moorhouse and South Elmsall Halt railway station explained

Moorhouse and South Elmsall Halt
Status:Disused
Borough:Moorhouse, Doncaster
Country:England
Coordinates:53.5823°N -1.2784°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Hull and South Yorkshire Extension Railway
Pregroup:Hull and Barnsley Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Years:1902
Events:opened
Years2:1929
Events2:closed

Moorhouse and South Elmsall Halt was a railway station situated on the Hull and Barnsley Railway's branch line from Wrangbrook to Wath-upon-Dearne. The station served the village of Moorhouse and the town of South Elmsall on the South Yorkshire / West Yorkshire boundary, although this was about a mile distance. The station is located between Hickleton and Thurnscoe and Wrangbrook Junction, where the Wath branch joined the main line. The single storey station building, on the Wath-bound platform was, unlike the others on the line, built of brick with a slate roof. The other platform had just a simple waiting room for the few passengers who used the station. The platform surfaces were gravel and stone edged. The station master's house, of a standard Hull and Barnsley style, was situated a road level by the underbridge.

Opening day was on 28 August 1902 and the station closed, along with the others on the line, on 6 April 1929.

To the north of the station a spur connecting this line to the West Riding and Grimsby Railway at Hampole diverged.

References

Railways of South Yorkshire, C.T.Goode. Dalesman Publishing.