Summer Lane railway station explained

Summer Lane
Status:Disused
Borough:Barnsley, Barnsley
Country:England
Coordinates:53.5545°N -1.4924°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Pregroup:Great Central Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Years:11 Nov. 1855
Events:opened
Years1:22 June 1959
Events1:closed

Summer Lane railway station was a railway station on the Barnsley to Penistone line situated some 1miles from Barnsley Exchange, South Yorkshire, England.[1] The station was opened in 1855[2] by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and was closed between February 1857[3] December 1859 and February 1867 when it was reopened.[4]

It was finally closed by British Railways on 29 June 1959 when the local passenger services were withdrawn from other stations on the lines in the area such as Barnsley Court House, Silkstone and Dodworth.[5]

In 1928 it was connected to a corn mill and jam factory.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Brailsford. Martyn. Railway Track Diagrams 2: Eastern. 2016. Trackmaps. Frome. 978-0-9549866-8-1. 34C.
  2. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 69
  3. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 69
  4. Book: Burgess. Neil. The lost railways of Yorkshire's West Riding; the central section. 2014. Stenlake. Catrine. 9781840336573. 86.
  5. Cooke. B. W. C.. Notes & news; ER stations closed. The Railway Magazine. August 1959. 105. 700. 576. Tothill Press. London. 0033-8923.