Place Thorpe in Balne Grid reference SE582105 1950s closed | Area Doncaster 1920 opened Platforms in use 2 | |
Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway (UK) Similar Hatfield and Stainforth, Coronation Chair, Doncaster railway station, Newark North Gate railway st, Peterborough railway station | ||
Joan Croft Halt railway station was a small halt on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) situated by a level crossing at Joan Croft Junction in South Yorkshire, England. The junction gives access from the ECML to the Skellow line of the West Riding and Grimsby Railway and eventually to Hull, Immingham and Grimsby Docks.
The halt consisted of two flanking platforms to the south of the level crossing with brick built station buildings on the York-bound side. These buildings still stand in private use. The station was set in the countryside with just a few cottages situated either side at some distance.
The station was not, possibly never, shown in railway timetables.
The station opened circa 1920 and closed in the 1950s.
In May 2011 Network Rail applied to the Infrastructure Planning Commission for permission to construct a North Doncaster chord to link two lines, the Askern line and the Skellow line, with a viaduct passing above Joan Croft junction. As part of the proposed works, the Joan Croft level crossing was closed and replaced by a road bridge. Closing the level crossing allowed engineers to lower the overhead wires on the ECML (because the wires will no longer have to be higher than the highest road vehicle plus a safety margin), thus allowing the new railway viaduct to be constructed at a lower level. The new 2.0-mile (3.2 km) chord opened to traffic on 1 June 2014.