Grange Lane
The platform buildings in 2006
General information
LocationEcclesfield, City of Sheffield
England
Coordinates53°26′16″N 1°26′13″W / 53.43785°N 1.43697°W / 53.43785; -1.43697
Grid referenceSK375936
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companySouth Yorkshire Railway & River Dun Navigation
Pre-groupingGreat Central Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
June 1855Opened
7 December 1953Closed

Grange Lane railway station was a railway station located on the South Yorkshire Railway line between Sheffield and Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. At the time of its building it was located alongside the lane from which it takes its name with few houses nearby. From the early 1890s it became the interchange point with coal traffic from Grange Colliery at Kimberworth in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. The colliery was sunk in 1891 and coal production ceased in 1963. The colliery site is now Grange Park golf course.

The station, opened in June 1855, consisted of two flanking platforms with buildings on each. The line and the crossing gates were controlled from a signal box situated at the end of the platform adjacent to the gates.

The station was closed on 7 December 1953[1] and most buildings existed until late 2011; the station building is a private residence.

Grange Lane station building and level crossing.

References

  1. ↑ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 203. OCLC 931112387.
  • Franks, D.L. (1971). The South Yorkshire Railway. Turntable Enterprises. ISBN 0-902844-04-0.
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