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The station was located by the main Sheffield to Rotherham road in Tinsley, now on the Sheffield side of M1, Junction 34 in Tinsley. The station had two platforms , flanking the running lines, and was surrounded by sidings belonging to steel works, in particular Hadfields.
The station served the communities of Tinsley and Carbrook and was situated on the Sheffield District Railway between Brightside Junction and Tinsley Yard, immediately adjacent to Sheffield Road, Tinsley. [3] It opened on 30 September 1900 [4] as "Tinsley Road", but was renamed "West Tinsley" by the GCR on 1 July 1907. It closed on 11 September ...
Pond Street Goods station closed on 7 October 1961, Queens Road Goods station on 11 May 1963 and Park Goods station in October 1963. Work on Sheffield freight terminal at Grimesthorpe began at the end of 1963. A third Western entrance to Tinsley Yard over Shepcote Lane was opened in summer 1964 and was electrified.
Sheffield District Railway and connecting lines. The Sheffield District Railway was a 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-mile (6 km) railway line in South Yorkshire, England.It was built to give the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway access to Sheffield, primarily for goods traffic, for which a large goods depot at Attercliffe, in Sheffield, was built.
Tinsley Yard and the railways of Sheffield (2005) Tinsley was a railway marshalling yard near Tinsley in Sheffield, England, used to separate railway wagons from incoming trains and add them to new trains. It was sited immediately west of the M1 motorway, about one mile north of the Catcliffe junction.
Tinsley is a suburb of north-eastern Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England; it falls within the Darnall ward of the city. The area is associated with: The former Tinsley Marshalling Yard , which was used between 1965 and 1998 to separate railway wagons from incoming freight trains and add them to new trains.
Tinsley Viaduct is a two-tier road bridge in Sheffield, England; it was the first of its kind in the United Kingdom.It carries the M1 and the A631 for a distance of 3,389 feet (1,033 m) over the Don Valley, from Tinsley to Wincobank, also crossing the Sheffield Canal, the Midland Main Line and the former South Yorkshire Railway line from Tinsley Junction to Rotherham Central.
Station (Town, unless in station name) Rail company Year closed Notes Grace Dieu Halt: LNWR: 1931 Grafham: Midland Railway: 1959 Grafton and Burbage: Midland and South Western Junction Railway: 1961 Graig (Pontypridd) Barry Railway: 1930 Grain: British Railways: 1961 Grain Crossing Halt: South Eastern and Chatham Railway: 1951 Grainsby Halt ...