Hemsworth and South Kirkby railway station served the towns of Hemsworth and

South Kirkby South Kirkby is a town in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England which is governed locally by South Kirkby and Moorthorpe Town Council. The town forms half of the civil parish of South Kirkby and Moorthorpe. The parish has a population ...

, in the historical county of West Riding of Yorkshire, England, from 1891 to 1932 on the Hull and Barnsley Railway.

History

The station was opened on 1 July 1891 by the Hull, Barnsley and West Riding Junction Railway and Dock Company. It closed on 1 January 1932 but an excursion ran on 14 October 1933 for Hull Civic Week. This ran every October until 1939.

References

Disused railway stations in Wakefield Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1891 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1932 1891 establishments in England 1932 disestablishments in England Former Hull and Barnsley Railway stations {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub