Birdwell & Hoyland Common railway station
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Birdwell & Hoyland Common railway station was a railway station on the South Yorkshire Railway 's Blackburn Valley line between Westwood and High Royds. The station was intended to serve the villages of Birdwell and Hoyland Common, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire although the original chosen site was moved half a mile nearer towards Barnsley to serve the purposes of the Earl of Warncliffe who was, at that time, sinking Warncliffe Silkstone Colliery nearby. This move away made the station made it less convenient for most of the population.
The station was opened in February 1855, the building having an ornate canopy over its entrance and the buildings containing a private waiting room for the use of the Earl of Warncliffe. Closure came on 7th December 1953.
