Kiveton Bridge railway station

Kiveton Bridge railway station serves the village of Kiveton Park in South Yorkshire, England. It also served the now closed Kiveton Park Colliery which was adjacent.

Kiveton Bridge
The station in 2008
Location
PlaceKiveton Park
Local authorityRotherham
Coordinates53.340460°N 1.265750°W / 53.340460; -1.265750
Grid referenceSK489828
Operations
Station codeKIV
Managed byNorthern Trains
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 67,088
2015/16 58,508
2016/17 59,850
2017/18 62,424
2018/19 67,630
Passenger Transport Executive
PTETravel South Yorkshire
ZoneRotherham
History
Key datesOpened 1929 (1929)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kiveton Bridge from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The station was opened by the London and North Eastern Railway on 8 July 1929 following pressure from the local councils who considered Kiveton Park station and Waleswood station too far away from the centre of the community. The new station consisted of two flanking wooden platform linked by an overbridge, access to which was gained through the booking office, set at road level adjacent to the main road through, and linking the villages. The station was originally served by stopping services linking Sheffield Victoria, Cleethorpes and Lincoln Central.

In the 1950s the wooden platforms were replaced with concrete ones and the wooden station buildings by plain brick built structures.

Along with neighbouring Kiveton Park station it was completely rebuilt during the early-1990s with modern platforms, lighting and waiting shelters, this work being funded by the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive. On completion of the work the station received new signs, unfortunately with the name shown as "Kiverton Bridge". These were replaced with the correct spelling by 21 May 1993. This was not the first time the name had been incorrectly shown: British Railways made the same mistake on large enamel signs in the late 1950s.

Facilities

The station is unmanned and has one ticket machine on platform 2 . Train running information is given via telephone, a customer help point on platform 1, CIS displays and timetable posters. Both platforms are fully accessible to disabled travellers and wheelchair users via ramps from the street above.[1]

Services

The station is served hourly by Northern Trains services on the Sheffield to Gainsborough Central route.[2]

Early morning, evening and Sunday services run to and from Lincoln Central via

Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
Northern Trains
Sheffield-Gainsborough Central
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References

"East of Sheffield", Roger Milnes. "Forward" - the journal of the Great Central Railway Society, No.16., March 1978. ISSN 0141-4488

  1. Kiveton Bridge station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  2. GB eNRT December 2019 Edition, Table 30


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