Kiveton Park railway station

Kiveton Park railway station serves Kiveton Park in South Yorkshire, England. The original station was opened by the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway in 1849, situated to the east of the level crossing and opened with the line. It was rebuilt in the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway "Double Pavilion" style in 1884, on the west side of the level crossing.[1]

Kiveton Park
The station in 2008
Location
Place	South Anston
Local authority	Rotherham
Coordinates	53.3368°N 1.2394°W / 53.3368; -1.2394
Grid reference	SK507824
Operations
Station code	KVP
Managed by	Northern Trains
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	51,692
2015/16	52,328
2016/17	52,384
2017/18	45,926
2018/19	46,654
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Travel South Yorkshire
Zone	Rotherham
History
Key dates	Opened 1849 (1849)
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 Park from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Kiveton Park was a centre of lime working in the area, and many company sidings came under the jurisdiction of its Station Master. Adjacent to the station was the Dog Kennels Lime and Stone Works, named after the road linking the station to Anston, and the Kiveton Park Lime and Stone Works. Just to the east were the Kiveton Park and Anston lime quarries. All the companies had lime burning facilities and agricultural lime was supplied, by rail, to outlets in Lincolnshire. Kiveton Park Colliery was located to the west of the station, and was rail-connected until its closure in 1994.

Along with neighbouring Kiveton Bridge 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. The only remaining part of the 1884 station is the Station Master's house (now privately owned) which stands on the Sheffield-bound (down) platform.[2] It is now unstaffed (all tickets must be purchased on the train or prior to travel), with train running details provided by display screens, telephone and timetable poster boards. Step-free access is available to both platforms from the adjacent level crossing (which is still operated from the adjacent signal box).[3]

Severe damage was caused to the embankment and tracks near here during the widespread flooding in 2007.[4] Repairs cost over £1 million, and the line was closed for several weeks whilst the embankment was rebuilt and the tracks relaid.

Services

The station is served only by Northern Trains on their Sheffield to Gainsborough Central service, and has a basic hourly weekday service in both directions, whilst a small number of services on the Lincoln Central tp Leeds route also call in the morning and evening peak times.[5]

An hourly service also operates in both directions on Sundays, with trains running to and from Lincoln via Gainsborough.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Kiveton Bridge		Northern Trains Sheffield-Gainsborough Central		Shireoaks

References

East of Sheffield, Roger Milnes. Forward, the journal of the Great Central Railway Society, March 1978. ISSN 0141-4488

1. Kiveton Park Railway Station (2009) Thompson, Nigel Geograph.org.uk; Retrieved 1 June 2017
2. Kiveton Park Station BBC - Domesday Reloaded; Retrieved 1 June 2017
3. Kiveton Park station facilities National Rail Enquiries
4. Network Rail - GETTING BACK ON TRACK IN YORKSHIRE, 29 June 2007
5. Table 30 National Rail timetable, December 2019

External links

• Train times and station information for Kiveton Park railway station from National Rail