Sprotborough (SYR) railway station

Sprotborough (SYR) railway station was situated on the South Yorkshire Railway's line between Doncaster Cherry Tree Lane and Conisbrough. The station was intended to serve both Sprotborough and Warmsworth, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.

Sprotborough (SYR)
Station site in July 2020.
Location
Place	Sprotborough
Area	Doncaster
Coordinates	53.50226°N 1.18459°W / 53.50226; -1.18459
Grid reference	SE541009
Operations
Original company	South Yorkshire Railway
History
1 February 1850[1]	opened
1 January 1875[2]	closed
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

The station was located where the Warmsworth to Sprotborough road crosses the line over the deep limestone cutting and was approached by a covered flight of 66 steps to the Sheffield-bound platform.[1] The station had two flanking platforms and a small wooden shelter which served as both ticket office and waiting room. Following the closure of the station on 1 January 1875 this structure served as a platelayers hut until the mid-1950s.

References

1. Batty, Stephen R (1989). Doncaster. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 23. ISBN 0-7110-2004-3.
2. Cobb, M H (2003). The railways of Great Britain : a historical atlas at a scale of 1 inch to 1 mile vol. 2 (2 ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. p. 374. ISBN 0711030030.

• The South Yorkshire Railway, D.L.Franks, Turntable Enterprises, 1971. ISBN 0-902844-04-0