Wath railway station was one of three

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s in

Wath-upon-Dearne Wath upon Dearne (shortened to Wath or often hyphenated) is a town south of the River Dearne in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, north of Rotherham and almost midway between Barnsley and Doncaster. It had a pop ...

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. It was the southern terminus of

The Hull & South Yorkshire Extension Railway The Hull and South Yorkshire Extension Railway was incorporated on 6 August 1897 by the ( 60 & 61 Vict. c. ccxlv) and on 25 July 1898 was transferred to the Hull and Barnsley Railway. The bill was deposited by a group of local coal owners rep ...

which became part of the

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in 1898 and was the southern terminus of a branch line from Wrangbrook Junction. The station was located on Station Road between the

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's Wath Central station and the

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's Wath North station. Branch line trains connected with Sheffield-Cudworth-Hull trains at Wrangbrook. The railway was opened for passengers on 28 August 1902, with Wath being from Wrangbrook Junction and from , where the passenger service went to. However, the line was not a success for passenger traffic: it was closed to passengers on 6 April 1929. The station at Wath was a single platform affair but with a substantial station house. This and the former ticket office are the only surviving remains of the station and have survived the buildings of Wath's other two, more successful stations: they still stand on Station Road, called "Station House" and "Barnsley Cottage" respectively.

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Disused railway stations in Rotherham Wath upon Dearne Former Hull and Barnsley Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1902 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1929 {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub