Bessacarr Halt railway station

Bessacarr railway halt was a small halt on the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway in the suburbs of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It was the first halt south of Doncaster, being just 2.5 miles (4 km) south of the town on the Joint line following a series of flying junctions and a direct connection to the South Yorkshire Joint Railway.

Bessacarr Halt
Location	Bessacarr, Doncaster England
Coordinates	53.49593°N 1.07461°W
Grid reference	SE614003
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
c. 1912	Station opened
c. 1924	Station closed

Doncaster–Lincoln line
East Coast Main Line to London │to York Doncaster Bessacarr Halt Finningley Park Drain Axholme Joint Railway to Goole Haxey Junction Haxey and Epworth River Idle Chesterfield Canal Misterton to Stockwith Goods Misterton Petroleum storage depot Walkeringham Beckingham Sheffield–Lincoln line to Sheffield West Trent Junction River Trent East Trent Junction Brigg Branch to Cleethorpes Gainsborough Lea Road Lea Stow Park Saxilby Skellingthorpe Nottingham–Lincoln line Lincoln Sheffield–Lincoln line to Cleethorpes Peterborough–Lincoln line

The halt opened in 1912 but did not appear in public timetables and was closed in 1924.

The site of Bessacarr Halt, along with 7 others, was highlighted as a possible "new station" under a report to Doncaster Borough Council in September 2008, with reopening at some future date a possibility.[1]

References

1. Report to Doncaster Borough Council on the possibility of protecting rail corridors and bringing stations on these corridors into use in the future. (The Star, Saturday 14 February 2009)