Sharlston railway station

Sharlston
Sharlston railway station site
General information
LocationSharlston
West Yorkshire
England
Coordinates 53°40′31″N 1°24′23″W / 53.6752°N 1.4065°W / 53.6752; -1.4065
Ordnance SurveySE392199
LineWakefield to Goole Line
Platforms2
Tracks2
Other information
StatusClosed
History
Opening1869
Closed3 March 1958
Original company
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Location

Sharlston railway station is a closed railway station on the Pontefract Line in West Yorkshire, England. The station was opened in 1869 by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway to service a new mining community at Sharlston. The station was closed in 1958, but in 1992, a new station was opened at Streethouse, about 600 yards (550 m) east of the Sharlston station site.

History

Sharlston railway station was located on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's (L&YR) Wakefield to Goole Line.[1] The line had opened in 1848, although proposed by the Wakefield, Pontefract & Goole Railway, by its opening, the company had been merged into the L&YR.[2] The station was opened to traffic in 1869, and was located 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Wakefield Kirkgate, and 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Pontefract Tanshelf.[3][4] Although other stations opened with the line, Sharlston was opened later in conjunction with the sinking of the New Sharlston Colliery and the new mining village built there.[5][6]

The Railway Clearing House listing from 1904 shows that the station could only handle passengers (it did not have any goods facilities of its own); but that there were railway connections to Sharlston Colliery, New Sharlston Colliery and Sharlston siding.[7]

The station closed on 3 March 1958; at the time it was located in the North Eastern Region of British Railways.[8]

Passenger services over the line ceased in 1967,[9] but in May 1992, services were re-instated and a station was opened at Streethouse 600 yards (550 m) east of the old Sharlston station site.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ Cutler, J. C., ed. (November 1998). "The RCHS photographic collection No. 7". Journal of the Railway and Canal Historical Society. 32 (171). Railway and Canal Historical Society: 244. ISSN 0033-8834.
  2. ↑ Cookson & Chapman 2003, p. 4.
  3. ↑ Tuffrey, Peter (2011). West Yorkshire railway stations: from Aberford to Yeadon. Stroud: Amberley. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-4456-0307-0.
  4. ↑ Body, Geoffrey (1989). Railways of the Eastern Region volume 2: northern operating area. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens. p. 175. ISBN 1-85260-072-1.
  5. ↑ Cookson & Chapman 2003, p. 82.
  6. ↑ Joy, David (1984). South and West Yorkshire: the industrial West Riding (2. ed.). Newton Abbot: David Charles. p. 120. ISBN 0946537119.
  7. ↑ The Railway Clearing House (London) handbook of railway stations 1904. Newton Abbot: David, Charles. 1970. p. 483. ISBN 0715351206.
  8. ↑ Cooke, B. W. C., ed. (7 March 1958). "Closing of Sharlston station". The Railway Gazette. Vol. 108, no. 10. London: IPC. p. 291. ISSN 0373-5346. OCLC 1367286708.
  9. ↑ Cookson & Chapman 2003, p. 18.
  10. ↑ Tuffrey, Peter (2011). West Yorkshire railway stations: from Aberford to Yeadon. Stroud: Amberley. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-4456-0307-0.
  11. ↑ Cookson & Chapman 2003, pp. 20, 82.

Sources

Cookson, Peter; Chapman, Steve (2003). Railway memories No. 15; Pontefract, Castleford, & Knottingley. Todmorden: Bellcode Books. ISBN 1-871233-15-1.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Featherstone   Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway   Crofton
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