Norton railway station (South Yorkshire)

Norton (South Yorkshire) railway station served the village of Norton, in South Yorkshire, England.

History

It was built by the Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway on their line between and . The line and its stations were absorbed into the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1847, when that company changed its name from the Manchester and Leeds Railway.

The station buildings were similar to those at and were described as "Swiss Cottage" style. They are a stone built construction with a clipped gable end.

At Grouping, it passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and then on to British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

The station was closed to passengers on 27 September 1948.

Route

The site today

The railway line through the site is still open and in regular use:

• Freight trains operated by DB Cargo UK, Freightliner and GB Railfreight run to the local power stations of Ferrybridge, Eggborough and Drax
• Passenger services recommenced operation in 2010. Open access operator Grand Central runs on this line on the Bradford Interchange to route.

As part of a report to Doncaster Borough Council in September 2008, the station site was to be protected for future use in a strategy for the railways in the borough; reopening being a distant possibility.

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