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Place
  
Beighton

Grid reference
  
SK443840

Platforms in use
  
2

Area
  
City of Sheffield

June 1840
  
First station opened

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Pre-grouping
  
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway Great Central Railway

Post-grouping
  
London and North Eastern Railway London Midland Region of British Railways

Similar
  
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Beighton railway station is a former railway station near the village of Beighton on the border between Derbyshire and South Yorkshire, England.

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Three stations

Beighton station existed on three sites at different times:

  • the first station, believed to have been little more than a halt, was opened by the North Midland Railway when it built its Chesterfield to Rotherham Masborough line, which is now predominantly a freight route. At 1.25 miles (2.01 km) south of Woodhouse Mill it stood approximately halfway between what is now Beighton Junction and the overbridge which still carries passenger trains east-west between Sheffield and Worksop. This original station was opened when the line opened in June 1840, it was not near to or convenient for the village of Beighton and closed in January 1843.
  • in 1849 the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) completed its Sheffield to Worksop line, which included a branch from just east of Woodhouse to join the North Midland line at what became known as Beighton Junction. They built Beighton's second station at a site on their line only, close to, but not on, the junction. The MS&LR hurried to open this branch to enable a revenue earning service to Eckington to commence and give connections to North Midland trains. This second station closed temporarily from 1852 to 1854 then continued in use until 1892.
  • in 1892 the MS&LR opened its "Derbyshire Lines" route near Beighton. This would eventually become part of the Great Central Main Line. On 1 November 1893 the MS&LR closed Beighton's second station and opened its third and final station at a site 132 yards (121 m) north west of the second site, immediately north of the Rotherham Road level crossing.

    • At the time this station was within Derbyshire but following changes in boundaries the site is now within the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.

    Context

    All three stations were in the flood plain of the River Rother, which repeatedly led to problems. In 1950 these plus the generally poor state of the station building led British Railways to raise platform levels and undertake other remedial works.

    Beighton station closed for the third and final time on 1 November 1954. It has since been demolished.

    In 1897 the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway opened in a branch from Langwith Junction. The original hope had been to join the MS&LR line into Sheffield Victoria but it was rebuffed, so a goods yard and connection to the ex-North Midland line at Beighton was built instead, though this did not touch Beighton station. The LD&ECR obtained running rights along the Midland line to Treeton Junction and entered Sheffield via the Sheffield District Railway when it opened in 1900.

    References

    Beighton railway station Wikipedia
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