Beighton Station
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Beighton railway station lies where the line of the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway (S&LJR) crosses Rotherham Road. It was built to serve the village of Beighton, at the time within Derbyshire but following changes in boundaries now within the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
The first station was on the North Midland Railway (NMR) but was closed in 1843 and may have been little more than a halt.
The first section of line built by the S&LJR was between Sheffield and a junction with the NMR just south of Beighton. This was to enable a revenue earning service to Eckington to commence and give connections to North Midland trains.
A new station was provided at the junction and some way from the centre of population. At the first push to the south by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (The Derbyshire Lines) the final station was rebuilt by the level crossing on Rotherham Road. It was opened on 1st November 1893 and closed exactly 61 years later.
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