Hampole railway station was situated on the main line of the

West Riding and Grimsby Railway The West Riding and Grimsby Railway was a railway company that promoted a line between Wakefield and Doncaster, in Yorkshire, England. There was also a branch line connection from Adwick le Street to Stainforth, which gave access towards Grimsb ...

between Carcroft & Adwick-le-Street and South Elmsall. It was close by and served the village of

Hampole Hampole is a small village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster (part of South Yorkshire, England), on the border with West Yorkshire. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the eastern boundary of the parish is ...

, near

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. The station, opened in January 1885, was a simple affair with wooden platforms and waiting shelters. There was a separate Station Master's house, which was situated at the roadside by the station approach. The station closed on 7 January 1952.

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* Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1885 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1952 Disused railway stations in Doncaster Former West Riding and Grimsby Railway stations {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub