Doncaster (Cherry Tree Lane) railway station

Doncaster (Cherry Tree Lane)
Location
Place	Hexthorpe
Area	Doncaster
Coordinates	53°31′02″N 1°08′34″W / 53.517090°N 1.142660°W / 53.517090; -1.142660Coordinates: 53°31′02″N 1°08′34″W / 53.517090°N 1.142660°W / 53.517090; -1.142660
Grid reference	SE569026
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Railway Clearing House diagram showing lines around Doncaster in 1914.

Doncaster (Cherry Tree Lane) railway station was situated in the Hexthorpe district of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England and was the original terminus of the South Yorkshire Railway.

The station, later to be known simply as "Cherrytree", was used for the first time, when a special train, for the inspection of the line to Swinton where it joined the Midland Railway, on 29 October 1849 and it was scheduled to open for public use on 3 November of the same year, however this was not to be as some work required to be completed. The actual public opening took place on 10 November.

The station was closed when running powers were agreed between the South Yorkshire Railway and the Great Northern Railway which allowed the SYR to run their passenger trains into the GNR station.

In order to accommodate excursion traffic an island platform station known as St. James' Bridge was built on a site between Cherrytree and the GNR station by the LNER.

References

• The South Yorkshire Railway, D.L.Franks, Turntable Enterprises, 1971. 0-90284-404-4