For many years i have driven along blackburn road and noticed a building next to the old railway line. Was this a station at some point and does anyone know what it was called ?

Just doing some quick reasearch, I believe the station would have been "Meadowhall and Wincobank" on the Great Central Sheffield- Barnsley line.

I sadly never managed to visit the South Yorkshire Railway museum before it closed - I didn't know it was there (brilliant advertising obviously:rolleyes: ). Thanks for letting me know there is a building there - I intend to walk the route (now it is a cycle/footpath) in the near future. I don't suppose they left any track in situ?

cheers for that.

I'm attempting to get some history on the station (and the line itself) for www.disused-stations.org.uk

I love your site! A friend of mine operates a site called railwaywalks.co.uk which details the various lines we as a group have walked.

A map of all railway lines built (bar colliery branches etc) in the south, midlands and yorkshire can de found at the New_Adlestrop_Railway_Atlas.pdf (hopefully a search engine will find it.

The Sheffield Victoria - Barnsley via Chapeltwon line was built in the 1840s (1846 springs to mind). The line closed as a through route in the late 1960s but remained open as far north as the Chapeltown area for freight use until the 1980s (another victim under Mrs T.)

The Great Central Railway Society should have more information.

Is this (http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=u03296) of any interest to you guys?

or this:
http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=s11490

The station was indeed Meadowhall and Wincobank. There are many published photographs of the station including one in a book by Peter Harvey- can't remember the title but it's in a series of at least three books about old Sheffield. Pre WW2 one of the old steelworks in Sheffield also used it as a location for photographing any of their outsize products that were being transported by rail. In 1982 I took some colour slides of the remaining station buildings and signalbox for a history project at the University of Sheffield.

Originally posted by Pip_Elliott A map of all railway lines built (bar colliery branches etc) in the south, midlands and yorkshire can de found at the New_Adlestrop_Railway_Atlas.pdf (hopefully a search engine will find it.

Wow that map is brilliant

Originally posted by Sniffpetrol
Wow that map is brilliant

Certainly is! but the key wouldn't work for me.
This the blurb for the map (http://www.systemed.net/atlas/) (with the link to the key).
and this is the map itself (http://www.systemed.plus.com/New_Adlestrop_Railway_Atlas.pdf)

I note that Supertram is on it!

Hugh

is there another part to this map ?

or haven't the done the rest of the country yet ?

Unfortunately I don't know if there is the rest of the country which is annoying as I want to find out the former layout of the Leeds & Bradford area.

Strix, thanks for those photos. The second looks like it was taken where the Meadowhall shopping centre is now.

The 'Woodhead' series of books by E.M. Johnson should have some photos of the Barnsley line - should be on everyone's Christmas list :)

For many years i have driven along blackburn road and noticed a building next to the old railway line. Was this a station at some point and does anyone know what it was called ?my aunt & uncle lived in the station house for most of the 70s, indeed it was originally a station & had a platform to the rear & probably still has

Wow that map is brilliant
i used to live on a small st under where the viiaduct is built called hill st
the line used to run at the back of our house and run under where thy have build the
rowndabout sorry about spelling its my old age creeping on
if that is any help

hi there everyone, the old blackburn Road railway station has no platform at the back now, you can walk along the back of the station & along what was the old railway lines. It is now part of the trans penine trail, that part of the trail starts at Meadowhall train station & goes all the way to Deep Lane, lower Shiregreen. Its a lovely walk & only takes about half an hour from one end to the other.

im sure the platform is still there i have a recent pic of it but cant get it on,ive also got 1 of grangelane station which is nearly falling down.

i thought the house/station & the platform were 1 joint structure from what i remember when my relatives lived there, however they may have demolished most or all of the platform without damaging the house/station structure

i used to live on a small st under where the viiaduct is built called hill st
the line used to run at the back of our house and run under where thy have build the
rowndabout sorry about spelling its my old age creeping on
if that is any help

I had an Aunt and Uncle who lived on Hill Street.This was a great location for watching trains on the Great Central line passing by, but you could also see all the movements on the Midland Main Line which passed on a bridge to the East. I also recall going onto the Station at Meadowhall watching coal trains passing by. During the summer months there would be many excursions towards the coast some actually picking up passengers from the platform. Of particular interest were trips to Bridlington & Scarborough which could see double headed Class D49 (Hunt/Shire Class) from the Hull area. The line lost it's importance during the 60's and I seem to recall only trains going to Smithy Wood Coking Plant using the line. These went when the coking plant closed.

I had an Aunt and Uncle who lived on Hill Street.This was a great location for watching trains on the Great Central line passing by, but you could also see all the movements on the Midland Main Line which passed on a bridge to the East. I also recall going onto the Station at Meadowhall watching coal trains passing by. During the summer months there would be many excursions towards the coast some actually picking up passengers from the platform. Of particular interest were trips to Bridlington & Scarborough which could see double headed Class D49 (Hunt/Shire Class) from the Hull area. The line lost it's importance during the 60's and I seem to recall only trains going to Smithy Wood Coking Plant using the line. These went when the coking plant closed.
any bame for your aunt and uncle he must have worked at the yorkshire engine co

any bame for your aunt and uncle he must have worked at the yorkshire engine co

Yes you are right. The name was John Edwards, his wife Anne. I have a book on the Yorkshire Engine Company with a photo of Uncle John standing in front of a GWR tank engine they have just completed. They moved onto Meadowbank Road but the House was demolished during the M1 motorway building. They then moved onto the old Meadowbank Road near the hill top. Uncle John sadly passed away a few years ago, but Aunty Anne is still active

Yes you are right. The name was John Edwards, his wife Anne. I have a book on the Yorkshire Engine Company with a photo of Uncle John standing in front of a GWR tank engine they have just completed. They moved onto Meadowbank Road but the House was demolished during the M1 motorway building. They then moved onto the old Meadowbank Road near the hill top. Uncle John sadly passed away a few years ago, but Aunty Anne is still active
i got his house no 7 hill street knew him at work as well he worked in the boiler shop
i was a forklift driver