Arksey railway station

Arksey
Location
Place	Arksey
Area	Doncaster
Coordinates	53°33′06″N 1°07′59″W / 53.551550°N 1.133150°WCoordinates: 53°33′06″N 1°07′59″W / 53.551550°N 1.133150°W
Grid reference	SE575064
Operations
Original company	Great Northern Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	2
History
6 June 1848	Station opens as Stockbridge
December 1850	Station renamed Arksey and Stockbridge
September 1854	Station renamed Arksey
5 August 1952	Station closes
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Arksey railway station, originally named Stockbridge and later Arksey and Stockbridge was a station which served the villages of Arksey and Stockbridge in the English county of South Yorkshire. It was served by trains on the main line between Doncaster and York.

History

The station was opened by the Great Northern Railway and became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the Eastern Region of British Railways during the nationalisation of 1948. It was then closed by British Railways on 5 August 1952.^[1]

The site today

Trains still pass at speed on the now electrified East Coast Main Line.

References

1. Burgess, Neil (2014). The Lost Railways of Yorkshire's West Riding;The Central Section. Catrine: Stenlake. p. 83. ISBN 9781840336573.

• R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
• A. Jowett, (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.

External links

• Station on navigable O.S. map Station site is at centre of map