Darnall railway station

The original Darnall railway station was built to serve Darnall, a community about 3 miles from the centre of Sheffield, South Yorkshire and which later became suburb of the city.

[edit] History

The station was built by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway with two platforms flanking the main lines, the main station building, on the Cleethorpes-bound side, containing the usual facilities, and was situated at the top of Station Road, a waiting shelter on the Sheffield-bound platform gave passengers some comfort. Widening took place in the area just prior to World War I and two "goods" lines were laid around the back of the platforms. This was to increase capacity of the line and aid the movement of coal traffic towards Immingham Docks, opened in 1912. This work required the removal of Darnall tunnel about 3/4 mile to the east of the station.

[edit] The Present Station

The station, itself, was rebuilt in 1928 to an island platform design, much favoured by the Great Central, as the M.S.& L.R. had become on the opening of its line to London (Marylebone) in 1899. In this redesign the tracks in the centre of the layout, the "Down Main" (in the direction of Sheffield) and the "Up Goods" (in the direction of Cleethorpes) became the "Up" and "Down" main lines and served the platform faces, the original "Up Main" (in the direction of Cleethorpes) and the "Down Goods" (in the direction of Sheffield) became the "Up Goods" and "Down Goods" respectively.

Darnall was one of the first stations in the area to be de-staffed with the advent of "Paytrain" services. The station is a shadow of its former self with just a simple waiting shelter on its plaform. Passenger numbers are low and rumours of closure keep regularly circulating, only time will tell.

The station is on the Sheffield-Lincoln line and is also serves by the Saturdays Only service linking Sheffield and Cleethorpes via Brigg.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Woodhouse		Northern Rail Sheffield-Lincoln line		Sheffield

Railways in Sheffield
Railway lines: █ Dearne Valley • █ Hallam • █ Hope Valley • █ Midland Main Line • █ Penistone • █ Hull █ Lincoln • █ Wakefield • Woodhead

Railway stations: Chapeltown • Darnall • Dore • Meadowhall • Sheffield • Woodhouse

Closed stations: Attercliffe • Attercliffe Road • Beauchief • Beighton • Bridgehouses • Brightside • Broughton Lane • Chapeltown • Chapeltown Central • Deepcar • Ecclesfield • Ecclesfield West • Grange Lane • Grimesthorpe Bridge • Heeley • Millhouses • Meadowhall • Wincobank (and Meadow Hall) • Neepsend • Oughtibridge • Tinsley • Tinsley West • Victoria • Wadsley Bridge • Wicker

Engine sheds: Darnall • Grimesthorpe • Millhouses • Neepsend • Nunnery • Tinsley
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