- Mexborough (Ferry Boat) Halt
Mexborough (Ferry Boat) Halt was a small railway station on the
South Yorkshire Railway 's line between Barnsley and Doncaster. Although it was situated in the parish ofOld Denaby , the boundary being the River Don, it was close by the Ferry Boat crossing of the river and the swing bridge over the canal, a short distance from the original centre of Mexborough, around where the parish church now stands.At this point the line is crossed by a footpath which connects Mexborough to Old Denaby. Access to the platform was from this path. The railway was controlled by a signal box known as "Ferry Boat Crossing"
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