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unusual facts about South Yorkshire Railway



Appleby-Frodingham Steel Company

At the time there was no railway east of the River Trent so the ore had to be taken to a wharf at Gunness (or Gunhouse), where it was loaded into barges or taken across the river to join the South Yorkshire Railway’s line from Keadby.

Hatfield and Stainforth railway station

The original station, known until the 1990s as "Stainforth and Hatfield" and was built in 1866 as a replacement for the South Yorkshire Railway's Stainforth when their line was brought to its present alignment.

Swinton Central railway station

Swinton, later Swinton Central railway station was situated on the South Yorkshire Railway line from Sheffield Victoria to Doncaster, between Kilnhurst Central and Mexborough.


see also

Ecclesfield railway station

Ecclesfield East railway station, on the "Blackburn Valley" line of the South Yorkshire Railway, closed in 1954