Grimesthorpe Bridge railway station

Grimesthorpe Bridge railway station was a minor railway station in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The station served the communities of Grimesthorpe and was situated on the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway, lying between Wicker and Brightside.

Grimesthorpe Bridge
General information
LocationGrimesthorpe, City of Sheffield
England
Coordinates53°24′22″N 1°25′49″W / 53.4061°N 1.4303°W / 53.4061; -1.4303
Grid referenceSK379900
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companySheffield and Rotherham Railway
Key dates
October 1838Opened
January 1843Closed

Grimesthorpe Bridge was the first intermediate station to open on the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway, then not yet part of the Midland Railway. The station, the first to open on the line disappeared from the timetables in January 1843,[1] four and a half years after the line's opening in October 1838.

The station location is now underneath what is known as Grimesthorpe Junction and its complex trackplan. There, the lines from Wicker, Sheffield Midland, Attercliffe Goods station, The Sheffield District Railway and from Rotherham/Barnsley met.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Attercliffe Road
Line open, station closed
  Sheffield and Rotherham Railway   Brightside
Line open, station closed

References

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  1. ^ Rail centres n°11: Sheffield. S. Batty. p. 15