Moorhouse and South Elmsall Halt railway station

Moorhouse and South Elmsall Halt
Platforms of the former station
General information
Location	Moorhouse, Doncaster England
Coordinates	53.58225°N 1.27839°W / 53.58225; -1.27839
Grid reference	SE478097
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Hull and South Yorkshire Extension Railway
Pre-grouping	Hull and Barnsley Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1902	opened
1929	closed

Moorhouse and South Elmsall Halt was a railway station situated on the Hull and Barnsley Railway's branch line from Wrangbrook to Wath-upon-Dearne. The station served the village of Moorhouse and the town of South Elmsall on the South Yorkshire / West Yorkshire boundary, although this was about a mile distance. The station is located between Hickleton and Thurnscoe and Wrangbrook Junction, where the Wath branch joined the main line. The single storey station building, on the Wath-bound platform was, unlike the others on the line, built of brick with a slate roof. The other platform had just a simple waiting room for the few passengers who used the station. The platform surfaces were gravel and stone edged. The station master's house, of a standard Hull and Barnsley style, was situated a road level by the underbridge.

Former station master's house

Opening day was on 28 August 1902 and the station closed, along with the others on the line, on 6 April 1929.

To the north of the station a spur connecting this line to the West Riding and Grimsby Railway at Hampole diverged.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Kirk Smeaton		Hull and Barnsley and Great Central Joint Railway (Wath Branch)		Hickleton and Thurnscoe

References

Railways of South Yorkshire, C.T.Goode. Dalesman Publishing. ISBN 0-85206-307-5