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of 1923. The station was closed to regular passenger traffic from 10 March 1947, and to all passenger traffic from 27 September 1948. It remained open for goods traffic until October 1964. The station was passed over to the
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In March 2020, a bid was made to the Restoring Your Railway fund to get funds for a feasibility study into reinstating the line and station through Askern to local passenger trains. This bid was unsuccessful.
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The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present
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Trains still pass the site as the line is still open for freight traffic, and since 23 May 2010, regular passenger trains operated by
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In late 2015 the reopening of the station was raised by the residents of
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Disused railway station in South Yorkshire, England
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Askern
Doncaster
53°36′59″N 1°08′56″W / 53.61649°N 1.14885°W / 53.61649; -1.14885
Grid reference
SE564136
Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
London Midland and Scottish Railway
Askern branch line
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway
Doncaster
Knottingley
Askern
South Yorkshire
England
Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway
Knottingley
London and York Railway
Great Northern Railway
Manchester and Leeds Railway
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
London Midland and Scottish Railway
Grouping
Eastern Region of British Railways
nationalisation
Grand Central
London King's Cross
Askern
Ros Jones

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