Does anybody know if Sheffield Midland Railway Station is supposed to be haunted at all?
I had a (maybe) spooky experience on one of the platforms several years ago, but have never heard anything about a ghost fitting the description of my "ghost".

I saw a steam train the other day. it looked like an apparition from the past.

I saw a steam train the other day. it looked like an apparition from the past.

Must have been a Ghost Train.
Come on Steptoad, Tell us about your ghostly experience.

I don't want to say too much in case I influence the replies that I get. On the other hand as I'm not really getting any replies I might have to talk.

I don't want to say too much in case I influence the replies that I get. On the other hand as I'm not really getting any replies I might have to talk.

Please tell us more, this is interesting.

O.K. at the risk of it being a big anti climax, 'cos nothing really happens, this is what happened.
About 20 years myself, my girlfriend and her friend went to Manchester on the train. While they were deep in conversation I amused myself wandering up and down the platform. After I while I noticed a policeman coming in the opposite direction. I started to feel guilty, even though I've never been a bad boy, and looked straight ahead as we passed each other I watched him out of the corner of my eye and I noticed he was doing the same to me, but not in any sort of malevolent way.
I noticed he had a ruddy complexion, bushy ginger side burns, was a bit chubby and wasn't that much taller than myself (I'm 5'7"). I remember thinking something like, ooh, he's styled himself on a Victorian look. A bit odd for a copper, but not absurd I don't think, after all my girlfriend And I were into rockabilly and were dressed in 50's styles.
After a few seconds I turned round to have another look and he was nowhere to be seen. He moves fast for big bloke I thought, because there weren't any places on the platform he could've ducked into. I went back to my gf and her friend and asked if they'd seen him, but of course they hadn't. I looked around, but didn't see him again.
The way I remember it now is that he was wearing a full Victorian police uniform, but that could be a detail my memory has added over the years. It was day light and not in anyway spooky at all.

Over the years I wondered if he was just a policeman who just happened to have a bit on an antique face, or if he'd wandered off a film set elsewhere on the station or if he really was a ghost.
Like I said nothing really happened.

Hi.

Im usually on Sheffield station twice a week, heading to and from Manchester but not heard or read anything about this 'ghost' before.

What platform/area were you on at the time?

Hi.

Im usually on Sheffield station twice a week, heading to and from Manchester but not heard or read anything about this 'ghost' before.

What platform/area were you on at the time?

I think it was platform 9-3/4 :|

I think it was platform 9-3/4 :|

Hmm I think the highest number platform there now is 8a or 8b I think.

Was your platform on the far edge of the station (where 8a & 8b are) or central such as 3 or 4?

everybody knows that platform 9-3/4 is at King's Cross ;)

doesn't Sheffield have a stupid numbering system which means the short platforms on the Queen's Road end run out of sequence?

I've heard that Casey Jones has been seen hanging around asking for spare change. Does this count ?

Hi.

Im usually on Sheffield station twice a week, heading to and from Manchester but not heard or read anything about this 'ghost' before.

What platform/area were you on at the time?

I can't remember the platform number, it was about 20 years ago.

I wonder if there are any police on this board who might recognise the general description as being that of a colleague they workied with 20 ish years ago.

Chubby, short (for a policeman), red faced and large ginger sideburns.

(I'm tempted to add...........propensity to wear victorian uniforms:hihi:)

Thanks for reporting your sighting on SF :) very brave of you knowing some people on here :P and how they react to such posts.

If you would like to go into more detail please feel free to report it on our site
http://www.haunted-realm.com/reportform.htm and we will look into it for you.

Thanks for reporting your sighting on SF :) very brave of you knowing some people on here :P and how they react to such posts.

If you would like to go into more detail please feel free to report it on our site
http://www.haunted-realm.com/reportform.htm and we will look into it for you.

Yeah, I was expecting to be ridiculed :loopy: a bit more than I have been.
Maybe if he'd talked me out of jumping under a train or if he'd tried to push me under one I'd have been hung out to dry.

I had a look at your website, very interesting.
I might go and test Bunting Nook for birdsong this Sunday as it's just 'round the corner from here.

I was at Sheffield station on Saturday about 6:45am and all seemed normal, well apart from the computerised announcements and displays not working lol.

I was at Sheffield station on Saturday about 6:45am and all seemed normal, well apart from the computerised announcements and displays not working lol.

Heard the tram stop at the side of the station is haunted, it was mentioned to me a while ago, does that count

Done many a night shift at Sheffield Station and haven't seen or heard a thing, other than all the rats which infest the place