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Neepsend railway station

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services, it was closed to passengers on 28 October 1940 although the buildings and the signal box remained in situ until the 1970s. All traces of the original station have now been removed, with even the footbridge replaced in 2002 with a new structure. However, the station entrance is visible but
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The station consisted of two flanking platforms joined by a footbridge which also served to carry a footpath over the railway. The platforms were both served by small buildings in the pre-double pavilion style used by the MS&LR. It was unusually located, the Sheffield-bound (up) platform being
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built against the face of a cutting, whilst the opposite platform (down) saw a long drop to street level. A signal box, narrow based but opening out above the stock loading gauge, was located at the Sheffield Victoria end of the 'down' platform.
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was told that it would be too expensive. Four years later, local activists were informed that their latest petition would be granted if they could raise
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to give access to the planned station. The cost of the bridge was eventually covered by
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Neepsend railway station was opened on 1 July 1888 to serve the industrial suburb of
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Due to low public usage of the station, caused by the better sited
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Disused railway station in South Yorkshire, England
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Neepsend
City of Sheffield
53°23′53″N 1°28′58″W / 53.398050°N 1.482780°W / 53.398050; -1.482780
Grid reference
SK344891
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Great Central Railway
London and North Eastern Railway
railway station
Great Central Railway
Railway Clearing House map showing Neepsend Station
Railway Clearing House
Neepsend
Sheffield
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Woodhead line
Sheffield Victoria
Manchester London Road
Neepsend engine shed
mayor of Sheffield
River Don
Sheffield Corporation
Corporation tramway
Wadsley Bridge
Great Central Railway
Great Central Main Line
Bridgehouses
ISBN
0 9510302 1 3

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