Norton (South Yorkshire) railway station

Norton (South Yorkshire)
Norton, The level crossing and Old Station House
Location
Place	Norton
Area	Doncaster
Coordinates	53°37′55″N 1°09′45″W / 53.63205°N 1.16237°W / 53.63205; -1.16237Coordinates: 53°37′55″N 1°09′45″W / 53.63205°N 1.16237°W / 53.63205; -1.16237
Grid reference	SE554153
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Norton (South Yorkshire) railway station was a railway station to serve Norton, South Yorkshire, England. It was built by the Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway line between Doncaster and Knottingley. The line and its stations were absorbed into the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1847 when that company changed its name from the Manchester and Leeds Railway.

The station buildings were similar to those at Womersley and were described as "Swiss Cottage" style. They are a stone built construction with a clipped gable end.

At the grouping it passed to the LMS and British Railways on nationalisation. The station closed to passengers in September 1948.^[1] But the railway line is still open and now carries freight trains (mainly bulk coal) to and from the power stations at Drax, Ferrybridge & Eggborough, along with Grand Central's passenger services between Bradford Interchange and London Kings Cross since 2010.

As part of a report to Doncaster Borough Council in September 2008 the station site was to be protected for future use in a strategy for the railways in the borough, reopening being a distant possibility.^[2]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Askern		London Midland and Scottish Railway  Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Askern Branch Line		Womersley

References

1. ^ Body, G. (1988), PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough, ISBN 1-85260-072-1; p. 154
2. ^ Report of Doncaster Borough Council on strategic rail routes for the future.