Beighton railway station
| Beighton | |
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Site of Beighton railway station in 1963
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| Location | |
| Place | Beighton |
| Area | City of Sheffield |
| Coordinates | 53°21′04″N 1°20′08″W / 53.351140°N 1.335500°WCoordinates: 53°21′04″N 1°20′08″W / 53.351140°N 1.335500°W |
| Grid reference | SK443840 |
| Operations | |
| Pre-grouping |
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway Great Central Railway |
| Post-grouping |
London and North Eastern Railway London Midland Region of British Railways |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| June 1840 | First station opened |
| 2 January 1843 | First station closed |
| 12 February 1849 | Second station opened |
| February 1852 | Second station closed temporarily |
| March 1854 | Second station reopened |
| 1 November 1893 | Second station closed |
| 1 November 1893 | Third station opened |
| 1950 | Extensively rebuilt |
| 1 November 1954 | Closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Beighton railway station is a former railway station near the village of Beighton on the border between Derbyshire and South Yorkshire, England.
Beighton station existed on three sites at different times:
At the time this station was within Derbyshire but following changes in boundaries the site is now within the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
All three stations were in the flood plain of the River Rother, which repeatedly led to problems. In 1950 these plus the generally poor state of the station building led British Railways to raise platform levels and undertake other remedial works.
Beighton station closed for the third and final time on 1 November 1954. It has since been demolished.
In 1897 the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway opened in a branch from Langwith Junction. The original hope had been to join the MS&LR line into Sheffield Victoria but it was rebuffed, so a goods yard and connection to the ex-North Midland line at Beighton was built instead, though this did not touch Beighton station. The LD&ECR obtained running rights along the Midland line to Treeton Junction and entered Sheffield via the Sheffield District Railway when it opened in 1900.
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