Beauchief railway station

Beauchief railway station (pronounced Beechif) was in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.

Beauchief
Beauchief station in 1961
Location	Abbeydale, City of Sheffield England
Coordinates	53.335833°N 1.508056°W / 53.335833; -1.508056
Grid reference	SK328822
Platforms	2/4
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	LMSR London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 February 1870	Opened as Abbey Houses
1 April 1870	renamed Beauchief
1 May 1874	renamed Beauchief and Abbey Dale
1901–3	Expanded to four platforms
19 March 1914	renamed Beauchief
2 January 1961	Closed for passengers [1]
15 June 1964	closed for goods

It was built by the Midland Railway in 1870 and was designed by the company architect John Holloway Sanders.[2]

The station served the communities of Beauchief, Woodseats and Ecclesall and was situated on the Midland Main Line between Millhouses railway station and Dore & Totley station, near Abbeydale Road South in Abbeydale. The station was originally called Abbey Houses and later Beauchief & Abbey Dale station.

The station was opened on the site of Hutcliffe Mill at the same time as the main line from Chesterfield. At opening it had two platforms, but this was increased to four with the widening which took place between 1901 and 1903. It closed on 1 January 1961. The stationmasters house survives as a private residence and the nearby Abbeydale Station Hotel was renamed the Beauchief Hotel. In 2018 the hotel site was redeveloped as luxury apartments.

The Beauchief Hotel, formerly the Abbeydale Station Hotel