Cudworth | |||||
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 Push-and-pull from Barnsley in 1951 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Cudworth,Barnsley England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°34′08″N1°25′22″W / 53.56894°N 1.42273°W /53.56894; -1.42273 | ||||
| Grid reference | SE383081 | ||||
| Platforms | 5 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | North Midland Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 July 1840 | Station opened as Barnsley | ||||
| 1 August 1854 | renamed Cudworth for Barnsley | ||||
| circa 1854 | new station | ||||
| 1 May 1870 | renamed Cudworth | ||||
| 1 January 1968 | Station closed[1] | ||||
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Cudworth railway station (English:/ˈkʊdɜːrθ/) was arailway station that servedCudworth,South Yorkshire, England.
The station was built by theNorth Midland Railway and opened in 1840. It was originally calledBarnsley and is referred to in Allens Guide[2] asBarnsley Station at Cudworth Bridge. – Omnibus to Barnsley2+1⁄2 miles on the left.
Roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) further north, was the line's first crossing of theBarnsley Canal.
In 1885 the station was extended with an extra platform for theHull and Barnsley Railway, which passed through but was not connected to the Midland system until the next century.[3]
The station closed to passengers in 1968. In 1988 the line from Wath Road Junction to Cudworth was closed due to mining subsidence.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| Darfield Line closed; station closed | Midland Railway North Midland Railway | Royston and Notton Line closed; station closed | ||
