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Wath upon Dearne (shortened to Wath / ˈ w ɒ θ / or often hyphenated) is a town south of the River Dearne in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, 5 miles (8 km) north of Rotherham and almost midway between Barnsley and Doncaster. It had a population of 11,816 at the 2011 census. [2]
Wath railway station was one of three railway stations in Wath-upon-Dearne, South Yorkshire, England.It was the southern terminus of The Hull & South Yorkshire Extension Railway which became part of the Hull and Barnsley Railway in 1898 and was the southern terminus of a branch line from Wrangbrook Junction. [1]
The main bus operator in the town is Stagecoach Yorkshire, providing an extensive network of services into Doncaster & throughout the Dearne Valley, referred to as "The Dearne Link". Buses run at least every ten minutes into Doncaster & Mexborough and at least half-hourly through to Barnsley, Wath, Cortonwood & Rotherham.
Wath railway station may refer to a number of railway stations in Yorkshire, England: serving Wath-upon-Dearne, now in South Yorkshire. Wath (Hull and Barnsley) railway station, open from 1902 to 1929; Wath Central railway station, closed in 1959; Wath North railway station, opened as Wath railway station in 1841, closed in 1968
Barnsley Interchange is a combined rail and bus station in the centre of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. It was first opened in 1850 as Barnsley Exchange railway station and is 16 miles (26 km) north of Sheffield. It is on the Hallam and Penistone Lines, both operated by Northern Trains.
The Dearne District Light Railway was a tramway linking Barnsley with the towns of Wombwell, Wath, Bolton on Dearne and Thurnscoe. [1] Opened on 14 July 1924, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] it was the last street tramway to be built in the UK before the modern era (starting in the late 20th century) and one of the first to shut.
The company also began running motor buses in 1922, and considered whether to convert the trolleybus routes to tramways. They wanted to link their tramway to the Doncaster Corporation system and the Dearne District Light Railway, a street tramway linking Barnsley with the towns of Wombwell, Wath, Bolton on Dearne and Thurnscoe. [6
Civil parish: 568: Barnsley: Penistone Rural District [18] [32] Great Houghton: Civil parish: ... Wath upon Dearne: Unparished area: 11,816: Rotherham: Wath upon ...