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Dovecliffe 
Poking through the undergrowth on the right are the remnants of Dovecliffe Station platform. Location Place Worsborough Area Barnsley Coordinates 53°31′29″N 1°26′39″W / 53.52482°N 1.44409°WCoordinates: 53°31′29″N 1°26′39″W / 53.52482°N 1.44409°W Grid reference SE369032 Operations Original company South Yorkshire Railway Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway History 04 September 1854 opened 07 December 1953 closed Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–ZDovecliffe railway station was situated on the South Yorkshire Railway's Blackburn Valley line between High Royds and Wombwell Main Junction.
History
The station opened with the line on 4 September 1854 and closed on 7 December 1953. The line through the station remained open until the 1986 to allow freight access to Barrow colliery, although the through line to Sheffield was severed between Birdwell and Westwood in the late 1960s with the construction of the M1 motorway.
The station was originally named Smithley for Darley Main & Worsborough but its name was changed by the end of 1855 to Darkcliffe and again in early 1860 to Dovecliffe. It was controlled by a signal box which sat on the station roof. When the line opened, as a single line, there was no block working and when a box was needed it was required to be placed on the outer side of a bend to give better visibility. With the station buildings being very close to the level crossing the only place where the box could be erected was on the station roof.
References
- "The South Yorkshire Railway", D. L. Franks. Turntable Enterprises, 1971. ISBN 0-090284-404-4
- Various articles by D. L. Franks which appeared in "Forward", the journal of the Great Central Railway Society, ISSN 0141-4468
Route
Preceding station Disused railways Following station Wombwell Central London and North Eastern Railway
South Yorkshire RailwayHigh Royds Categories:- Disused railway stations in Barnsley
- Railway stations opened in 1854
- Railway stations closed in 1953
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