Goldthorpe and Thurnscoe Halt railway station

Goldthorpe and Thurnscoe Halt was a small railway station on the Dearne Valley Railway (DVR) situated between Harlington Halt and Great Houghton Halt.[1] It served the village of Goldthorpe in South Yorkshire, England.

Goldthorpe and Thurnscoe Halt
Location	Goldthorpe, Barnsley England
Coordinates	53.53258°N 1.30579°W
Grid reference	SE465035
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Dearne Valley Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
3 June 1912	Station opened
10 September 1951	Station closed

The station opened on 3 June 1912.[2] At first, trains were operated on behalf of the DVR by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway;[3] when that company amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922, the combined organisation (also known as the London and North Western Railway) absorbed the DVR on the same day.[4]

The station closed on 10 September 1951.[2]

References

1. Joy, David (1984). South and West Yorkshire : (the industrial West Riding) (2 ed.). Newton Abbot: David St John Thomas. p. 280. ISBN 0-946537-11-9.
2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 106. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
3. Suggitt, Gordon (2015). Lost railways of South & West Yorkshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-84674-043-5.
4. Marshall, John (1970). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 140, 142, 256. ISBN 0-7153-4906-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Great Houghton Halt Line and station closed		Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Dearne Valley Railway		Harlington Halt Line and station closed