Woodhouse Mill railway station
- Woodhouse Mill railway station
Woodhouse Mill railway station was a station opened in 1840 by the North Midland Railwayon its line between Rotherham Masborough and Chesterfield.
It was situated to the south of the main A57 road shortly after this left the City of Sheffield and served Woodhouse Mill, near Sheffield, Orgreave and Fence (Aston-cum-Aughton), both within Rotherham, South Yorkshire.
It may have initially have simply a halt, but the Midland Railway installed an island platform with a timber and brick booking office at its centre. Nearby was Orgreave Coke Works and Fence Colliery. It closed in 1953. [Pixton, B., (2000) "North Midland: Portrait of a Famous Route," Runpast Publishing]
The station was located between that at Treeton and the original North Midland station at Beighton.
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