Wadsley Bridge railway station

Wadsley Bridge
Wadsley Station in January 2005.
General information
Location	Wadsley Bridge, City of Sheffield England
Coordinates	53°25′08″N 1°29′57″W / 53.418880°N 1.499170°W / 53.418880; -1.499170
Grid reference	SK334915
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway Great Central Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
14 July 1845	Opened
15 June 1959	Closed to regular passenger services
8 January 1994[1]	Last used by football specials
2 March 1997	official complete closure date

Wadsley Bridge railway station was a station in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England on the Great Central Railway's core route between Manchester and Sheffield.

History

The station opened on 14 July 1845 as part of the then

The station buildings survived until final closure, but have since been demolished. The two platforms remain, however they are in a visibly poor condition. Passing through the station is the single line from Sheffield to Stocksbridge - this has been retained for occasional freight workings to steel mills in Stocksbridge.^[6]

An old station sign, almost certainly from the signal box, can be seen attached to the adjacent John Fairest Funeral Home (see picture).

In 2008 the weighbridge was removed and reconstructed at Levisham railway station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.

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