Thurgoland railway station

Thurgoland
Location
Place	Thurgoland
Area	Barnsley
Coordinates	53°29′57″N 1°33′46″W / 53.49905°N 1.56287°WCoordinates: 53°29′57″N 1°33′46″W / 53.49905°N 1.56287°W
Grid reference	SE290003
Operations
Original company	Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
History
1845	opened
1847	closed
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Thurgoland railway station was a small railway station built by the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway to serve the village of Thurgoland, South Yorkshire, England and opened on 5 December 1845. Due to cost-cutting measures involving staff and infrastructure the station was closed, along with Dog Lane, Dukinfield, Hazelhead and Oxspring on 1 November 1847, making this one of the shortest-lived stations anywhere, with a life span of just one year and 11 months.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Wortley		British Railways Great Central Main Line		Oxspring

References

• Dow, George. "Great Central Volume 1" (The Progenitors, 1813 - 1865), Locomotive Publishing Co., London. 1959)
• "A Railway Chronology of the Sheffield Area" Edited by Richard V. Proctor. Sheffield City Libraries, 1975. ISBN 0-90066-025-2