Dunford Bridge railway station
Disused railway station in South Yorkshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dunford Bridge railway station was a railway station that served the village of Dunford Bridge on the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway situated immediately east of the Woodhead Tunnel, 5 miles (8 km) west of Penistone, within the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.
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Dunford Bridge | |
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General information | |
Location | Dunford Bridge, Barnsley England |
Coordinates | 53.5178°N 1.7628°W / 53.5178; -1.7628 |
Grid reference | SE158023 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
14 July 1845 | opened |
1954 | station moved to new alignment |
5 January 1970 | closed |
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The station was 22 miles (35 km) east of Manchester London Road (now Manchester Picadilly) and 20 miles (32 km) west of the now closed Sheffield Victoria station.[1]