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Parkgate and Rawmarsh railway station

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On 19 November 1926, a private owner wagon disintegrated, derailing the train that it was part of. A signal post was partially brought down, obstructing an adjacent line. An express passenger train had the sides of its carriages ripped open by the signal post. Eleven people were killed.
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The station was closed, along with all the others on the line, except for Rotherham Masborough on 1 January 1968. The last ticket to be issued, as a souvenir, was lettered L.M.S.R., 20 years after that company's demise.
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The station and the adjoining steel works, together with other locations in the
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is seen arriving at platform 1 of "Rawborough" station.
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Disused railway station in South Yorkshire, England
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Parkgate
Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham
53°27′00″N 1°20′14″W / 53.449890°N 1.337250°W / 53.449890; -1.337250
Grid reference
SK441949
Midland Railway
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Park Gate Iron and Steel Company
Parkgate
Rawmarsh
South Yorkshire
England
North Midland Railway
Kilnhurst West
Rotherham Masborough
Rotherham
Tread Softly Stranger
Diana Dors
George Baker


ISBN
1-85260-508-1
ISBN
0-906899-52-4
Station on navigable O.S. map
Parkgate and Aldwarke station
Rotherham Masborough
Eastern Region of British Railways

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