Treeton railway station is a former

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

in the centre of

Treeton Treeton is a village and civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. It is located about south of the town of Rotherham and east of Sheffield City Centre. History There is evidence of Mesolithic and Ne ...

Rotherham Rotherham () is a large minster and market town in South Yorkshire, England. The town takes its name from the River Rother which then merges with the River Don. The River Don then flows through the town centre. It is the main settlement of ...

, England.

History

The station was situated on the

North Midland Railway The North Midland Railway was a British railway company, which opened its line from Derby to Rotherham (Masbrough) and Leeds in 1840. At Derby, it connected with the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway and the Midland Counties Railway at what ...

's line between

Rotherham Masborough Rotherham Masborough railway station was the main railway station for Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England from the 1840s until 1987, when most trains were rerouted via Rotherham Central. It had four platforms, with a large sandstone stati ...

and

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, widely known as "The Old Road". This line, which remains well used by freight, follows the Rother Valley. Treeton was a coal-mining village, though

Treeton Colliery Treeton Colliery was a coal mine situated in the village of Treeton, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. Work on the sinking of Treeton Colliery commenced, with all due ceremony, in October 1875. Trade, at the time, was in a poor state and ...

closed in 1990. The original Treeton station opened on 6 April 1841 but closed the following year. A new station, on the same site, was opened on 1 October 1884 and closed on 29 October 1951, although it was used for a small number of

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trains after that date. The line here consisted of four tracks. The platforms served the centre two with access by steps from the adjacent road bridge.Treeton station: via ''signalboxes''
/ref> The goods lines were routed to the rear of the platforms in an arrangement similar to that at Brightside in Sheffield. The station was located between

and

Woodhouse Mill Woodhouse ward—which includes the district of Woodhouse and most of Handsworth—is one of the 28 electoral wards in the City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the southeastern part of the city and covers an area of . The pop ...

. The

stationmaster The station master (or stationmaster) is the person in charge of a railway station, particularly in the United Kingdom and many other countries outside North America. In the United Kingdom, where the term originated, it is now largely historical ...

's house was situated at 8, Station Road, opposite the Station Hotel.

Passenger services

In 1922 passenger services calling at Treeton were at their most intensive, with trains serving four destinations via five routes: * On Sundays only ** stopping trains plied between and Chesterfield (MR) * On Mondays to Saturdays three stopping services plied between Sheffield (MR) and Chesterfield ** most ran direct down the "New Road" through and went nowhere near Treeton * the other two set off north east from Sheffield (MR) towards Rotherham then swung east to go the "long way round" via the "Old Road" ** one of these continued past , a short distance before Masboro' then swung hard right, next stop Treeton, heading south ** the other continued past then swung right onto the

Sheffield District Railway The Sheffield District Railway was a railway line in South Yorkshire, England. It was built to give the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway access to Sheffield, primarily for goods traffic, for which a large goods depot at Attercliffe ...

passing through or calling at West Tinsley and Catcliffe before Treeton * a further service set off north east from Sheffield (MR) and used the Sheffield District Railway, then called at Treeton on its way to Mansfield (MR) via then the LD&ECR's "Beighton Branch" to

Langwith Junction Langwith Junction is a suburb of Shirebrook, in Derbyshire, England. Its name derives from the former Shirebrook North railway station, which was on the now-defunct Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway The Lancashire, Derbyshire and Ea ...

. Services using the Sheffield District Railway ended at the outbreak of WW2, with a few months revival from 6 October 1946 to 17 March 1947.

References

Notes

Sources

* * * *{{cite book , last=Pixton , first=Bob , title=North Midland: Portrait of a Famous Route: Part 2 Chesterfield-Sheffield-Rotherham , year=2001 , publisher=Runpast Publishing, (now Book Law) , location=

Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...

, isbn=978-1-870754-51-4

External links

Treeton station on old OS map
''npe Map''

Disused railway stations in Rotherham Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1841 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1951 Former Midland Railway stations Treeton