Moorhouse and South Elmsall Halt railway station

Moorhouse and South Elmsall Halt was a railway station situated on the Hull and Barnsley Railway's branch line from Wrangbrook to Wath-upon-Dearne. The station served the small village of Moorhouse and the eastern part of the mining village of South Elmsall on the South Yorkshire / West Yorkshire boundary, although this was about a mile distance. The station is located between Hickleton and Thurnscoe and Wrangbrook Junction, where the Wath branch joined the main line. The single storey station building, on the Wath-bound platform was, unlike the others on the line, built of brick with a slate roof. The other platform had just a simple waiting room for the few passengers who used the station. The platform surfaces were gravel and stone edged. The station master's house, of a standard Hull and Barnsley style, was situated a road level by the underbridge.

Former station master's house

Moorhouse and South Elmsall Halt
Platforms of the former station
Location
PlaceMoorhouse
AreaDoncaster
Coordinates53.58225°N 1.27839°W / 53.58225; -1.27839
Grid referenceSE478097
Operations
Original companyHull and South Yorkshire Extension Railway
Pre-groupingHull and Barnsley Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Platforms2
History
1902opened
1929closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

Opening day was on 28 August 1902 and the station closed, along with the others on the line, on 6 April 1929.

To the north of the station a spur connecting this line to the West Riding and Grimsby Railway at Hampole diverged.

References

Railways of South Yorkshire, C.T.Goode. Dalesman Publishing. ISBN 0-85206-307-5


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