Wincobank railway station

Wincobank railway station, previously named Wincobank and Meadow Hall, was a railway station in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The station served the communities of Brightside and Wincobank and was situated on the Midland Main Line on Meadowhall Road, lying between Holmes and Brightside stations. There were no platforms on the Midland Railway line to Barnsley at the original Wincobank station. This was remedied when Meadowhall Station was later built on roughly the same site.

Wincobank
Location	Brightside and Wincobank, City of Sheffield England
Coordinates	53.417580°N 1.412700°W
Grid reference	SK391913
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 May 1868	Station opened
1 July 1899	renamed Wincobank and Meadowhall
18 June 1951	renamed Wincobank
2 April 1956	Station closed[1]

The station was opened on 1 April 1868[2] and had two platforms although four tracks went through. The two outside tracks were for freight use whilst the two inside tracks were used by both stopping and express trains. Only two were in general use as there were two slow and two fast lines. The station had a subway to access the platforms from Meadowhall Road, and evidence of this can be seen of the bricked up arch in the North Western wall of the bridge abutment.

The station was situated just on the Rotherham side of the junction to the "Blackburn Valley" line of the South Yorkshire Railway which itself was just east of the Midland Railway junction which took services from Sheffield to Barnsley.

The station closed in 1956 as the immediate area was but sparsely populated and the nearby Brightside station more practical. Meadowhall Interchange station was built on the site and opened in 1990.

Today, the railway lines on the"Blackburn Valley" line (the South Yorkshire Railway), have been removed and a cyclepath has been laid, allowing cyclists, and pedestrians to walk between Ecclesfield and Meadowhall. The Meadowhall &Wincobank station house remains as a private residence(Which is the first station going North on this line)

The station changed names several times. In 1868 the station opened as Wincobank. It was renamed Wincobank and Meadow Hall station in July 1899 and back to Wincobank station in June 1951.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Brightside Line open, station closed		Midland Railway		Holmes Line open, station closed

See also

• Meadowhall Interchange, present station at the same location.
• Meadow Hall and Wincobank railway station, on the South Yorkshire Railway

References

1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
2. Batty, Stephen R. (1984). Rail Centres No. 11: Sheffield. p. 44.