Staincross And Mapplewell Railway Station
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Staincross and Mapplewell railway station was one of three stations built on the
Barnsley Coal Railway The Barnsley Coal Railway was a short railway which, when fully opened, ran between Stairfoot Junction, on the Mexborough to Barnsley line of the South Yorkshire Railway (SYR) and a triangular junction at Nostell on the line of the West Riding ...
and opened when that line was completed in 1882. The station was situated adjacent to the main Wakefield road ( A61), slightly to the east of Staincross, on the edge of the present day Athersley estate. It was about 1 mile east of Mapplewell. The station was situated between
Stairfoot Stairfoot is a Ward (electoral subdivision), ward in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It is perhaps so named because it lies at the bottom of a valley in between the undulations of two small hills on the old road from Barnsley to Doncaster. St ...
and Notton and Royston. The railway arrived in the area with the opening of the first section of the Barnsley Coal Railway but the stations were opened, with the completion of the line on 1 September 1882. Staincross and Mapplewell consisted of two flanking platforms with access from the road bridge. The station was closed on 22 September 1930. It is referred to as ''Staincross for Mapplewell'' in the July 1922 issue of Bradshaw's Railway Guide.


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* Dow, George, "Great Central", Vol. 2 (''Dominion of Watkin'')(1962). Loco. Publishing Co., London. Disused railway stations in Barnsley Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1882 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1930 {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub