Sprotborough (SYR)
Station site in July 2020.
General information
LocationSprotborough, Doncaster
England
Coordinates53°30′08″N 1°11′05″W / 53.50226°N 1.18459°W / 53.50226; -1.18459
Grid referenceSE541009
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companySouth Yorkshire Railway
Key dates
1 February 1850[1]opened
1 January 1875[2]closed

Sprotborough (SYR) railway station was situated on the South Yorkshire Railway's line between Doncaster Cherry Tree Lane and Conisbrough. The station was intended to serve both Sprotbrough and Warmsworth, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.

The station was located where the Warmsworth to Sprotbrough road crosses the line over the deep limestone cutting and was approached by a covered flight of 66 steps to the Sheffield-bound platform.[1] The station had two flanking platforms and a small wooden shelter which served as both ticket office and waiting room. Following the closure of the station on 1 January 1875, this structure served as a platelayers hut until the mid-1950s.

Worthy of note, the station incorrectly spelled the name of the village with an extra 'o'; the village is spelled Sprotbrough.

References

  1. 1 2 Batty, Stephen R (1989). Doncaster. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 23. ISBN 0-7110-2004-3.
  2. ↑ Cobb, M H (2003). The railways of Great Britain : a historical atlas at a scale of 1 inch to 1 mile vol. 2 (2 ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. p. 374. ISBN 0711030030.
  • The South Yorkshire Railway, D.L.Franks, Turntable Enterprises, 1971. ISBN 0-902844-04-0


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