Wath North railway station explained

Wath North
Status:Disused
Borough:Wath-upon-Dearne, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham
Country:England
Coordinates:53.5097°N -1.3337°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Midland Railway
Postgroup:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Years:6 April 1841
Events:Station opened as Wath
Years1:1 May 1850
Events1:renamed Wath and Bolton
Years2:April 1914
Events2:renamed Wath-on-Dearne
Years3:25 September 1950
Events3:renamed Wath North
Years4:1 January 1968
Events4:Station closed[1]

Wath North railway station was on the Midland Railway's Sheffield - Cudworth - Normanton - Leeds main line, serving the town of Wath-upon-Dearne, South Yorkshire, England.[2] The town had three railway stations, of which Wath North was the furthest from the town centre; it was three-quarters of a mile to the north, in an area of heavy industry away from residential areas, on the road to Bolton-on-Dearne.

It was built by the North Midland Railway in 1841, the year after the railway opened, and was called Wath and Bolton. It was a victim of the Beeching axe, closing on 1 January 1968 when the local Sheffield-Cudworth-Leeds passenger trains were withdrawn. Express passenger and freight trains continued to pass through the station until 1986 when the line was closed due to severe subsidence; few remains of the station were present at that time.

Notes and References

  1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. Pixton, B., (2000) North Midland: Portrait of a Famous Route, Runpast Publishing