Beauchief railway station

Beauchief
Beauchief station in 1961
Location
Place	Abbeydale
Area	City of Sheffield
Coordinates	53°20′09″N 1°30′29″W / 53.335833°N 1.508056°WCoordinates: 53°20′09″N 1°30′29″W / 53.335833°N 1.508056°W
Grid reference	SK328822
Operations
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	LMSR London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms	2/4
History
1 February 1870	Opened as Abbey Houses
1 April 1870	renamed Beauchief
1 May 1874	renamed Beauchief and Abbey Dale
1901–3	Expanded to four platforms
19 March 1914	renamed Beauchief
2 January 1961	Closed [1]
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Beauchief railway station (pronounced Beechif) was in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The station served the communities of Beauchief, Woodseats and Ecclesall and was situated on the Midland Main Line between Millhouses railway station and Dore & Totley station, near Abbeydale Road South in Abbeydale. The station was originally called Abbey Houses and later Beauchief & Abbey Dale station.

The station was opened on the site of Hutcliffe Mill at the same time as the main line from Chesterfield. At opening it had two platforms, but this was increased to four with the widening which took place between 1901 and 1903. It closed on 1 January 1961, and the site is now occupied by a hotel, although the nearby Abbeydale Station Hotel survives as the Beauchief Hotel.

The Beauchief Hotel, formerly the Abbeydale Station Hotel

References

1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens

External links

• Beauchief station on navigable O.S. map