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Holmes railway station

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Place
  
Rotherham

Pre-grouping
  
Midland Railway

Platforms in use
  
2

Grid reference
  
SK413924

1 November 1838
  
Opened as The Holmes

Area
  
Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham

Post-grouping
  
LMSR London Midland Region of British Railways

Original company
  
Sheffield and Rotherham Railway

Similar
  
Brightside railway station, Attercliffe Road railway st, Killamarsh West railway st, Rotherham Masborough railway st, Beauchief railway station

Holmes railway station was a railway station in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The station served the communities of Masbrough and Holmes and was situated on the former Sheffield and Rotherham Railway (S&R) line between Rotherham Westgate Station and Wincobank and Meadowhall Station. The station, which had two flanking platforms, opened with the line.

With the building of the North Midland Railway through Rotherham Masborough, Holmes became the junction of the curve from this station to the Sheffield line. A second curve, allowing trains to travel from the Sheffield line to the North Midland facing south was opened in 1869.

The station was closed in 1955. Nowadays a footbridge spans the two tracks almost above Holmes Junction which, via a British Rail - built chord line, known as "The Holmes Chord", now links the former S&R line to the former Great Central Railway line through Rotherham Central.

The access line to Booth's scrapyard leaves the Holmes Chord shortly after the junction. This line was an original part of the S&R to Rotherham Westgate. Nearby was the works of Isaac Dodds and Son who supplied the early locomotives for the S&R.

References

Holmes railway station Wikipedia