Royston and Notton railway station

Royston and Notton railway station was opened in 1841 by the North Midland Railway, near the Yorkshire summit of the line, on the south side of Navvy Lane bridge.

Royston and Notton
The station in 1951
Location	Royston, Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley England
Coordinates	53.59993°N 1.43645°W / 53.59993; -1.43645
Grid reference	SE373116
Platforms	4
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
6 April 1841	Station opened
1 July 1900	replaced with new station
1 January 1968	Station closed[1]

Up fast freight train in 1951

Railway Clearing House diagram including Royston and Notton in 1911

The original station was rebuilt, about a mile further south, in 1900 when the lines were quadrupled. Shortly after this, the Midland Railway built a branch from Royston Junction to the north of the station as part of its plans to reach Bradford and the north, avoiding Leeds. In the end, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway gave it running powers and the branch only reached Dewsbury.

It was a large station with four platforms and typical Midland Railway timber buildings although only 2 platforms were used regularly for passenger services. It closed in 1968.

Ex-Midland 1P 0-4-4T at Royston Locomotive Depot

Nearby was the Royston engine shed built in the early 1930s, code 20C, to provide motive power for trains from the large collieries of the area. Most of its allocation was Stanier and WD 2-8-0s plus the ubiquitous Fowler 4F's, but ex LNWR 0-8-0s and LMS Garratts were not unknown.[2]

(The GCR had a nearby station called Notton and Royston which closed in 1930. There is another Royston station built in 1850 on the Hitchin to Royston railway in Hertfordshire)