Place Wombwell Grid reference SE403030 1851 opened Platforms in use 2 | Area Barnsley Pre-grouping Great Central Railway Original company South Yorkshire Railway | |
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway Similar Dovecliffe railway station, Wath Central railway st, Sheffield Victoria railway st, Coronation Chair | ||
Wombwell Central railway station was a railway station situated on the South Yorkshire Railway company's line between Mexborough and Barnsley. The station lay between Wath Central and Stairfoot. The station was built to serve the mining village of Wombwell, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England and is situated on its northern edge.
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History
The original Wombwell railway station was opened by the South Yorkshire Railway in September 1851 and was replaced by a new structure in the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway's "Double Pavilion" style in the 1880s. It was closed when the Doncaster to Barnsley local passenger service was withdrawn on 29 June 1959.
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