Thurnscoe railway station
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Thurnscoe railway station serves Thurnscoe
in South Yorkshire
, England
. It is located on the Wakefield Line
15 miles (24.1 km) north of Sheffield railway station. Only stopping services call at the station. It was opened as a brand new station on 16 May 1988.
Although the line passed through the three settlements of Thurnscoe, neighbouring Goldthorpe
and Bolton-on-Dearne, the Swinton & Knottingley Joint railway originally only provided two stations for the area, at Bolton-on-Dearne and at Frickley
. Until 1961 the station was called Bolton on Dearne for Goldthorpe and was served by Sheffield-York stopping services. By the late 1980s the low demand for York-bound passengers meant that only a handful of stopping trains used the line. South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, responding to increasing demand for Sheffield-Leeds passengers in the area, and a lack of capacity on the Sheffield-Barnsley-Leeds line, sponsored an hourly service via Bolton, and opened brand new stations at Goldthorpe and Thurnscoe.
Thurnscoe
Thurnscoe is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. The village is approximately half way between Barnsley and Doncaster, but sufficiently far enough from both to be out of their urban sprawl...
in South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is located on the Wakefield Line
Wakefield Line
The Wakefield line is the name given to one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro/South Yorkshire P.T.E. area of northern England. The service connects Leeds and Wakefield with Sheffield and Doncaster. The section of the line between Leeds and Doncaster forms part of the East Coast Main...
15 miles (24.1 km) north of Sheffield railway station. Only stopping services call at the station. It was opened as a brand new station on 16 May 1988.
Although the line passed through the three settlements of Thurnscoe, neighbouring Goldthorpe
Goldthorpe
Goldthorpe is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England. Anciently a small medieval farming village, Goldthorpe is recorded in the Domesday Book and was under the Manor of Bolton upon Dearne which was once owned by Roger de Busli.Goldthorpe railway station...
and Bolton-on-Dearne, the Swinton & Knottingley Joint railway originally only provided two stations for the area, at Bolton-on-Dearne and at Frickley
Frickley railway station
Frickley railway station was situated on the Swinton and Knottingley Joint railway, between Bolton-on-Dearne and Moorthorpe. It served the village of Clayton, South Yorkshire, England.The station was situated about a mile north of the present day Thurnscoe....
. Until 1961 the station was called Bolton on Dearne for Goldthorpe and was served by Sheffield-York stopping services. By the late 1980s the low demand for York-bound passengers meant that only a handful of stopping trains used the line. South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, responding to increasing demand for Sheffield-Leeds passengers in the area, and a lack of capacity on the Sheffield-Barnsley-Leeds line, sponsored an hourly service via Bolton, and opened brand new stations at Goldthorpe and Thurnscoe.