Summer Lane railway station
Summer Lane railway station was a railway station on the Barnsley to Penistone line situated some 1 mile 16 chains (1.9 km) from Barnsley Exchange, South Yorkshire, England.[1] The station was opened in 1854[2] by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and was closed between December 1859 and February 1867 when it was reopened.[3]
Summer Lane | |
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%252C_Yorkshire_(geograph_6537528).jpg.webp) Station site in July 2020. | |
| Location | Barnsley, Barnsley England |
| Coordinates | 53.5545°N 1.4924°W |
| Grid reference | SE337065 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1854 | opened |
| 1959 | closed |
It was finally closed by British Railways on 29 June 1959 when the local passenger services were withdrawn from other stations on the lines in the area such as Barnsley Court House, Silkstone and Dodworth.[4]
References
- Brailsford, Martyn (2016). Railway Track Diagrams 2: Eastern. Frome: Trackmaps. p. 34C. ISBN 978-0-9549866-8-1.
- Historic England. "Summer Lane Station (501293)". PastScape. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- Burgess, Neil (2014). The lost railways of Yorkshire's West Riding; the central section. Catrine: Stenlake. p. 86. ISBN 9781840336573.
- Cooke, B W C, ed. (August 1959). "Notes & news; ER stations closed". The Railway Magazine. Vol. 105 no. 700. London: Tothill Press. p. 576. ISSN 0033-8923.
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