Place Waleswood Colliery Grid reference SK466839 1 July 1907 Opened Platforms in use 2 | Area Rotherham Pre-grouping Great Central Railway Original company Great Central Railway | |
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway Similar Woodhouse railway station, Sheffield Victoria railway st, Coronation Chair | ||
Waleswood railway station is a former railway station on the Great Central Railway's main line between Sheffield Victoria and Worksop, England.
The station was opened on 1 July 1907 by 'public demand' and was situated at the point where the Rotherham to Clowne road passes below the line and the 'Waleswood Curve', a connection from the Derbyshire Lines of the MS&LR at Killamarsh, joins the east-west main line. It was adjacent to Waleswood Colliery.
The station buildings were of all wood construction with flanking wooden platforms.
The station booking hall suffered a major fire on 24 May 1953 when much internal damage was caused and rail traffic was disrupted.
The station was closed on 7 March 1955 and has since been demolished.
Read more about Waleswood Station and railways in this area in Alan Rowles' Railways of Kiveton and Wales, available to download at.