Meadow Hall and Wincobank railway station

For other uses, see Meadowhall station.

Meadowhall and Wincobank

Location
Place	Wincobank
Area	Sheffield
Coordinates	53°25′29″N 1°25′00″W / 53.424720°N 1.416530°W / 53.424720; -1.416530Coordinates: 53°25′29″N 1°25′00″W / 53.424720°N 1.416530°W / 53.424720; -1.416530
Grid reference	SK388921
Operations
Original company	South Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Central Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Platforms	2
History
1868	Opened
7 December 1953	Closed
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Meadowhall and Wincobank railway station, also known at some time as Meadow Hall, was a railway station on the South Yorkshire Railway near Sheffield, England.

History and description

The station on the Barnsley to Sheffield branch ("Blackburn Valley Line") of the South Yorkshire Railway, the last station on the southern end of the line before the junction with the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway (Midland Railway).

It served the communities of Brightside, Wincobank and Blackburn.

This southern connection closed in August 1864 when the line to Woodburn Junction opened and a passenger service inaugurated between Sheffield Victoria and Barnsley station. Meadowhall station was opened in August 1868 and had two flanking platforms. The main station building, alongside Blackburn Road, remains and is in good condition. The station closed to passengers on 7 December 1953.

The line through Meadowhall closed completely from Friday, 31 July 1987 having not seen any traffic since 3 April when Class 20 20150 worked from Tinsley yard to Roe Brothers scrap yard and return. The line, from Tinsley South Junction to Meadowhall, was lifted during the following year.

The line was transformed into a cycle path when the South Yorkshire Railway Preservation Society closed in 2004.

Railways in Sheffield

Lines	Dearne Valley Hallam Hope Valley Midland Main Line Penistone Lincoln Wakefield Woodhead

Stations	Chapeltown Darnall Dore and Totley Meadowhall Sheffield Woodhouse

Closed stations	Attercliffe Attercliffe Road Beauchief Beighton Bridgehouses Brightside Broughton Lane Chapeltown Central Deepcar Ecclesfield East Ecclesfield West Grange Lane Grimesthorpe Bridge Heeley Killamarsh West Millhouses and Ecclesall Meadow Hall and Wincobank Wincobank Neepsend Oughtibridge Tinsley Victoria Wadsley Bridge West Tinsley Wicker

Engine sheds	Darnall Grimesthorpe Millhouses Neepsend Nunnery Tinsley

Transport in Sheffield SYPTE

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