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Railway Clearing House diagram of lines around Cudworth in 1911
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The Midland main lines at Wath Road Junction in 1957

Cudworth railway station (Шаблон:IPAc-en) was a railway station that served Cudworth, South Yorkshire, England.

History

The station was built by the North Midland Railway and opened in 1840. It was originally called Barnsley and is referred to in Allens Guide[1] as Barnsley Station at Cudworth Bridge. – Omnibus to Barnsley Шаблон:Frac miles on the left.

Roughly Шаблон:Convert further north, was the line's first crossing of the Barnsley Canal.

In 1885 the station was extended with an extra platform for the Hull and Barnsley Railway, which passed through but was not connected to the Midland system until the next century.[2]

The station closed to passengers in 1968. In 1988 the line from Wath Road Junction to Cudworth was closed due to mining subsidence.

Accidents and incidents

  • In 1843 a North Midland Railway luggage train collided with the rear of a stationary train in fog.
  • On 19 January 1905, once again in fog, a Midland Railway express passenger train overran signals and collided with a passenger train. Seven people were killed.[3]

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References

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  1. Allen, R. (1842), The North Midland Railway Guide Nottingham: R. Allen
  2. Pixton, B., (2000) North Midland: Portrait of a Famous Route, Cheltenham: Runpast Publishing
  3. Шаблон:Cite book