- Birdwell & Hoyland Common railway station
Birdwell & Hoyland Common railway station was a railway station on the
South Yorkshire Railway 's Blackburn Valley line between Westwood and High Royds. The station was intended to serve the villages ofBirdwell andHoyland Common , nearBarnsley ,South Yorkshire although the original chosen site was moved half a mile nearer towards Barnsley to serve the purposes of theEarl of Wharncliffe who was, at that time, sinking Wharncliffe Silkstone Colliery nearby. This move away made the station made it less convenient for most of the population.The station was opened in February
1855 , the building having an ornate canopy over its entrance and the buildings containing a private waiting room for the use of the Earl of Wharncliffe. Closure came on 7th December1953 .
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