Mexborough, a village, a township, and a parish, in doncaster district, w. Mexborough railway station is a medium sized station on the swinton brocklesby junction line in denaby, conisbrough, doncaster borough council. Mexborough is a town in the metropolitan borough of doncaster in south yorkshire, england. Mexborough junction was one of two railway stations which served the former mining town of. Mexborough is mentioned in the domesday book as mechesburg and there are remains of a. The station was opened to passengers in january 1850 and closed, with the opening of the present station on 4 march 1871.
Mexborough railway station consortia integrated services. Closed railway stations in britain a b c df g hj kl mo pr s t v wz. Also find live train departures and arrivals for mexborough station, helping you to plan your next journey. See 5 photos and 3 tips from 183 visitors to mexborough railway station. Mysterious death on railway at conisborouoh sad end of. Project won the national station improvement programme award.
Mexborough, a village, a township, and a parish, in doncaster district. Nicholson, coroner, held an inquiry at the station inn, conisborough, on saturday evening, touching the death of charles samuel smith aged 16, son of mr. Mexborough, west riding of yorkshire genealogy heraldry. It is a station on the sheffield to doncaster line 7 miles 11 km south west of doncaster as the original station at mexborough junction did not serve the line to rotherham and sheffield when this opened it was replaced by a new station built immediately on the doncaster side of the junction. Mexborough railway station serves the former mining town of. Scheduled train services direct services only mexborough to sheffield. As the original station at mexborough junction did not serve the line to rotherham and sheffield when this opened it was replaced by a new station built. Carriage and wagon examiners carrying oil can and spanners, the tools of the trade.
The area was a densely populated home of brigantian tribes in ancient history. Swinton village, a township, and a chapelry, in wathupondearne parish, w. History of mexborough, in doncaster and west riding map and. Mexborough railway station sheffield railway station. Prices can also vary depending the time of day, route and class you book.
Mexborough railway station mex the abc railway guide. Mexborough railway station map and location information. Swinton south yorkshire railway station, mexborough. Historically part of the west riding of yorkshire, mexborough has a population of 14,750, increasing to a ward population of 15,244 at the 2011 census history. View live departures, latest timetable or book your train ticket to or from mexborough station directly at northern. Mexborough junction station was opened by the south yorkshire railway at the point where the curve to swinton on the north midland railway leaves their line to barnsley, about 660 yards 600 m west of the present railway station. Also find live train departures and arrivals for mexborough station. The town is served by mexborough railway station for trains going towards.
Mexborough, a markettown, a township, and an extensive parish in the w. Mexborough railway station is located at station road, mexborough, south yorkshire. Mention doncaster around the world and the chances are that people will. Yorkshire and lincolnshire, england opened on the mexborough to doncaster line south yorkshire, doncaster and goole railway. Mexborough station train tickets, departures and timetables northern northern. Train station in mexborough, doncaster foursquare uses cookies to provide you with an optimal experience, to personalize ads that you may see, and to help advertisers measure the. Before 2010 mexborough was in the barnsley east and mexborough constituency. Thinlycoursed dressed sandstone with ashlar dressings, welsh slate roof. The original station was situated some 150 yards 140 m to the east of the present station and had two sets of station buildings, one for the south yorkshire railway, its owners, and another for the midland railway, the operators of the first passenger service. Donald was the son of alice and thomas pleasence who was a railway station master at conisbrough and swinton railway stations. The name mexborough combines the old english suffix burh meaning a fortified place with an old english or old norse personal name. The name mexborough combines the old english suffix burh meaning. A fast walk along the old railway line starting at the remains of the old sprotbrough railway station.
Full refurbishment of the station and platforms was comssioned as part of the national station improvement programmensip. Scheduled train services direct services only mexborough to meadowhall. Buy rotherham, mexborough and wath railway memories first edition by adrian booth, stephen chapman isbn. From the old sprotbrough railway station through to. The cheapest way to get from mexborough to york costs only. The village stands near the dearne and dove navigation, and near the junction of the north midland and the south yorkshire railways, 4. The mysterious death on the railway at conisborouoh. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Full of history with original mill workings, low ceilings and open stonework.
Live train times can be found on our stationboard pages. It is a station on the sheffield to doncaster line 7 miles 11 km south west of doncaster. It was intended to serve the township of mexborough and the village parish of old denaby where it was situated, the boundary being the river don. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Mexborough halt was a small railway station on the south yorkshire railways line between barnsley and doncaster in south yorkshire, england.
Mexborough railway station, doncaster area information. The stations booking office is manned each day on a parttime basis 06. It lies on the estuary of the river dearne, on the a6023 road, between manvers and denaby main. A railway junction to anywhere and its steam locomotive depot 1st by brearley, michael isbn. A railway junction to anywhere and its steam locomotive depot on. This publication provides a photographic record of these silent fume free vehicles and the routes they served, some. Mexborough railway station serves the former mining town of mexborough, south yorkshire, england. Swinton south yorkshire railway station mexborough. Now privately owned and under refurbishment by the new owners. Mexborough station train tickets, departures and timetables northern. It is a station on the sheffieldhull line 7 miles 11 km south west of doncaster as the original station at mexborough junction did not serve the line to rotherham and sheffield when this opened it was replaced by a new station built immediately on the doncaster side of the junction. Swinton railway station is a railway station in swinton, south yorkshire, england.
Mexborough railway station train station in mexborough. Since then it has been in the doncaster north constituency, whose current mp is ed miliband, leader of the labour party. Mexborough railway station meadowhall railway station. Mexborough railway station mexborough train station. The town is served by mexborough railway station for trains going towards doncaster and sheffield. Mexborough and swinton trolleybuses bluebell railway in. The 10 best hotels near mexborough train station in. Shakespeare apartment 3 bedroom provides selfcatering accommodations with a balcony and free wifi. Mexborough is mentioned in the domesday book as mechesburg and there.
Great central railway mexborough railwaymen war imperial. George smith, of mexborough, who was found decapitated on the railway near conisborough. Miners in peril cage overwound, railway strike committee, browbeaten mexboro man, garden produce at wmc, soldier officially killed two brothers out of three killed, mexborough league final table, three fishers went sailing. Trolleybus classics mexborough and swinton trolleybuses for nearly 46 years, apart from a few gaps in the early stages, the mexborough and swinton trolleybuses served the south yorkshire industrial towns of rawmarsh, swinton, mexborough and conisbrough plus access into rotherham.
Inscription great central railway to the glory of god and in honoured memory of the railwaymen of mexborough who gave their lives in the great war 1914 1919 names these died in war, that we in peace might live erected by their comrades. Find station details and facilities information for mexborough. Mexborough station train tickets, departures and timetables. History of mexborough, in doncaster and west riding map. Mexborough railway station serves the former mining town of mexborough, south yorkshire. It was appropriate that former mexborough tobacconist brian hillerby should be the author of a history of the mexborough hippodrome theatre because the hillerby family were. This page was last edited on 18 february 2019, at 17. From the old sprotbrough railway station through to mexborough on the old railway line. Train service from adwick to sheffield via doncaster calling at mexborough. The last train from stamford to make the journey to essendine was driven by jack day. Mexborough to york 4 ways to travel via train, line 221 bus, taxi. The stamford and essendine railway line finally closed in june 1959. The earliest known written reference to mexborough is found in the domesday book of 1086.
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