Bessacarr Halt railway station

Bessacarr railway halt was a small halt on the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway in the suburbs of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It was the first halt south of Doncaster, being just 2.5 miles (4 km) south of the town on the Joint line following a series of flying junctions and a direct connection to the South Yorkshire Joint Railway.

Bessacarr Halt
LocationBessacarr, Doncaster
England
Coordinates53.49593°N 1.07461°W / 53.49593; -1.07461
Grid referenceSE614003
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
c.1912Station opened
c.1924Station closed
Doncaster–Lincoln line
East Coast Main Line
to London│to York
Doncaster
Bessacarr Halt
Finningley
Park Drain
Haxey Junction
Haxey and Epworth
Misterton
to Stockwith Goods
Misterton Petroleum
storage depot
Walkeringham
Beckingham
West Trent Junction
East Trent Junction
Gainsborough Lea Road
Lea
Stow Park
Saxilby
Skellingthorpe
Lincoln

The halt opened in 1912 but did not appear in public timetables and was closed in 1924.

The site of Bessacarr Halt, along with 7 others, was highlighted as a possible "new station" under a report to Doncaster Borough Council in September 2008, with reopening at some future date a possibility.[1]

References

  1. Report to Doncaster Borough Council on the possibility of protecting rail corridors and bringing stations on these corridors into use in the future. (The Star, Saturday 14 February 2009)


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