Place Halfway Grid reference SK 446 812 Original company North Midland Railway | Area City of Sheffield Pre-grouping Midland Railway | |
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Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway 6 April 1841 Station opened as "Killamarsh" Similar Attercliffe Road railway st, Beighton railway station, Doe Lea Viaduct, Beauchief railway station, Broughton Lane railway st | ||
Killamarsh West is a former railway station in Halfway, South Yorkshire, England.
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History
A station was opened on the site by the North Midland Railway on its line between Chesterfield and Rotherham which became known as the "Old Road". It was closed in 1843 by George Hudson during a period of financial difficulty.
A new station was built by the Midland Railway in 1873. Although locally it was commonly known as Killamarsh Midland, the name was not officially adopted. It was renamed Killamarsh West by British Railways in 1950.
It was of typical Midland design, brick built and timber, with a foot crossing between the platforms.
The station closed in 1954. The line is now part of the current Midland Main Line. It is used predominantly for freight, with a handful of passenger trains going the "long way round" from Chesterfield to Sheffield via the Old Road and Darnall largely to retain staff route knowledge in case of diversions.
Today
There are virtually no remains of the station today, other than a large space beside the railway line where the platforms once occupied. The site is inaccessible as the line remains open.
Passenger services
In 1922 passenger services calling at Killamarsh West were at their most intensive, with trains serving three destinations via three overlapping routes: