Beighton railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Beighton
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caption =
manager = Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway
Great Central Railway
owner = London and North Eastern Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
locale = Beighton
borough = Sheffield
platforms = 2
years = 15 February 1849
events = Opened
years1 = 1 November 1893
events1 = Resited 120m south-east
years2 = 1 November 1954
events2 = Closed

Beighton railway station lies where the line of the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway (S&LJR) crosses Rotherham Road. It was built to serve the village of Beighton, at the time within Derbyshire but following changes in boundaries now within the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.

The first station was on the North Midland Railway (NMR) but was closed in 1843 and may have been little more than a halt. [Pixton, B., (2000) "North Midland: Portrait of a Famous Route," Cheltenham: Runpast Publishing]

The first section of line built by the S&LJR was between Sheffield and a junction with the NMR just south of Beighton. This was to enable a revenue earning service to Eckington to commence and give connections to North Midland trains.

A new station was provided at the junction and some way from the centre of population. At the first push to the south by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (The Derbyshire Lines) the final station was rebuilt by the level crossing on Rotherham Road. It was opened on 1st November 1893 and closed exactly 61 years later.

In 1897 the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway brought in a branch from Langwith Junction at Shirebrook. The original plan had been to join the MS&LR line into Sheffield Victoria but it was rebuffed, so a goods yard was built instead. When the Sheffield District Railway was built, the LD&ECR obtained running rights along the Midland line to Treeton Junction and entered Sheffield by that route. [Cupit,T., Taylor, W., (1984 2nd.Ed.) "The Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway," Trowbridge: The Oakwood Press]

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