Moorhouse and South Elmsall Halt railway station

Moorhouse and South Elmsall Halt was a railway station situated on the Hull and Barnsley Railway's branch line from Wrangbrook to Wath-upon-Dearne. The station served the small village of Moorhouse and the eastern part of the mining village of South Elmsall on the South Yorkshire / West Yorkshire boundary, although this was about a mile distance. The station is located between Hickleton and Thurnscoe and Wrangbrook Junction, where the Wath branch joined the main line. The single storey station building, on the Wath-bound platform was, unlike the others on the line, built of brick with a slate roof. The other platform had just a simple waiting room for the few passengers who used the station. The platform surfaces were gravel and stone edged. The station master's house, of a standard Hull and Barnsley style, was situated a road level by the underbridge.

Former station master's house

Moorhouse and South Elmsall Halt
Platforms of the former station
LocationMoorhouse, Doncaster
England
Coordinates53.58225°N 1.27839°W / 53.58225; -1.27839
Grid referenceSE478097
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyHull and South Yorkshire Extension Railway
Pre-groupingHull and Barnsley Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1902opened
1929closed

Opening day was on 28 August 1902 and the station closed, along with the others on the line, on 6 April 1929.

To the north of the station a spur connecting this line to the West Riding and Grimsby Railway at Hampole diverged.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Kirk Smeaton   Hull and Barnsley and Great Central Joint Railway
(Wath Branch)
  Hickleton and Thurnscoe

References

Railways of South Yorkshire, C.T.Goode. Dalesman Publishing. ISBN 0-85206-307-5


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