Arksey railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Arksey


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locale = England
borough = South Yorkshire
line = Great Northern Railway
owner = London and North Eastern Railway
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years = 6 June 1848
events = Station opens as Stockbridge
years1 = December 1850
events1 = Station renamed Arksey and Stockbridge
years2 = September 1854
events2 = Station renamed Arksey
years3 = 5 August 1952
events3 = Station closes

Arksey railway station was a station which served the village of Arksey in the English county of South Yorkshire. It was served by trains on the main line between Doncaster and York.

History

Opened by the Great Northern Railway it 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.

The site today

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

References

*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd
year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1

*cite book|author=A. Jowett, |title= Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas |publisher=Atlantic Publishing |year=2000 ISBN 0 906899 99 0