Millhouses and Ecclesall railway station

Millhouses and Ecclesall railway station was a railway station in the Millhouses district of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.

Millhouses and Ecclesall
Site of the station 82008)
Location
PlaceMillhouses
AreaCity of Sheffield
Coordinates53.3450°N 1.4950°W / 53.3450; -1.4950
Grid referenceSK337832
Operations
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLMSR
London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms2/4
History
1 February 1870Opened as Ecclesall
1 October 1871renamed Ecclesall and Mill Houses
1 May 1884renamed Mill Houses and Ecclesall
1901-3Expanded to four platforms
18 July 1932renamed Millhouses and Ecclesall
10 June 1968Closed [1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Site of Millhouses and Ecclesall station shown in Sheffield

History

It was built by the Midland Railway and was designed by the company architect John Holloway Sanders[2] and opened in 1870 called Ecclesall. This was changed, first to Ecclesall & Millhouses and later Mill Houses & Ecclesall before becoming Millhouses and Ecclesall in 1932. It was situated on the Midland Main Line between Heeley railway station and Beauchief station, and was accessed from the Archer Road overbridge, near the junction of Abbeydale Road and Millhouses Lane.

The station was opened at the same time as the main line from Chesterfield with just 2 flanking platforms. Between 1901 and 1903 the line was widened and two lines added. The station now consisted of 4 platforms with two flanking platforms and an island platform in the centre. The station buildings were situated at road level with access by steps to the island platform.

The station closed on 10 June 1968, and remained derelict for many years. The station buildings and platforms were finally removed in the 1980s, but the stationmaster's house survives as a private home.

Calls for reopening

There have been numerous plans to rebuild a station, going as far as a feasibility study in 1997,[3] but so far none have come to fruition.

In July 2017, it was proposed by Local Enterprise Partnership that new stations should be built at Millhouses and Heeley as well as new platforms at Dore & Totley.[4] The plans would be part of a call to have better links in South Yorkshire area as well as plans for a new Woodhead Route reopening. In 2020, local MP Olivia Blake wrote to the transport secretary asking him to consider the reopening of the station, suggesting it would reduce congestion in the area.[5]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Beauchief
Line open, station closed		   Midland Railway
Midland Main Line		   Heeley
Line open, station closed
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References
  1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. "The Sheffield and Chesterfield District Railway. The New stations". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. British Newspaper Archive. 13 April 1869. Retrieved 12 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. Millhouses Station - Operational, and Economic Feasibility Study Archived 8 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Long-lost Sheffield railway station should be reopened, says MP". www.thestar.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  • Harvey, Peter (1996). Abbeydale and Millhouses. Stround: The Charlford Publishing Company Limited. ISBN 978-0-7524-0732-6


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