Dore railway station
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| Dore | |
| Image:Dore & Totley station.jpg | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Dore |
| Local authority | Sheffield |
| Operations | |
| Managed by | Northern Rail |
| Platforms in use | 1 |
| Annual entry/exit | 0.046 million * |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened February 1872 |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| * based on sales of tickets in 2002/03 financial year which end or originate at Dore. Disclaimer (PDF) | |
Dore railway station (formerly Dore & Totley railway station) is a small, one plaform railway halt near the Sheffield suburb of Dore. The station is served by the Northern Rail service between Sheffield and Manchester, and the First TransPennine Express service between Manchester and Cleethorpes, both running via the Hope Valley Line.
[edit] History
The station opened as Dore and Totley station on 1 February 1872 (at a building a cost of £1517 and £450 for two acres of land) on the then two year-old Midland Main Line extension from Chesterfield to Sheffield, and was initially served by the local services on this line. The station was then served by six or seven weekday trains and three on Sundays. In 1894 the station became the branch point for the new Dore and Chinley line (now the Hope Valley Line). The original southbound platform was converted to an island platform and a fourth platform was built to the west.
On 9 October 1907 a Sheffield to Birmingham and Bristol express train ran foul of the points at the station. One of the locomotives hit the platform and overturned. The driver and second man were thrown from the cab, but survived, and fortunately the passenger coaches stayed upright and none of the passengers were injured.
The station was closed to main line traffic and become an unstaffed halt in 1969. Subsequently, the island and eastern platforms were demolished in the 1980s. The Hope Valley Line now runs single-track through the station, with trains in both directions stopping at the one remaining platform.
The station site had previously been occupied by the Walk Mill, a water-powered mill in operation from the 1280s onwards was used by the monks of Beauchief Abbey to cleanse and thicken cloth.
[edit] References
- Peter Fox (1990). The Midland Line in Sheffield. Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-872524-16-8
- Peter Harvey (1996). Abbeydale and Millhouses. Stround: The Charlford Publishing Company Limited. ISBN 0-7524-0732-5
- Ecclesall Woods Archaeology - Heritage Woods Online.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Dore railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of Dore railway station from Multimap.com
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield | Central Trains Hope Valley Line (Liverpool-Norwich) | Grindleford Limited Service | ||
| Sheffield | Northern Rail Hope Valley Line | Grindleford | ||
| Sheffield | TransPennine Express South TransPennine | Chinley Limited Service | ||
| Stations 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 • Heeley • Millhouses • Meadowhall • Wincobank (and Meadow Hall) • Neepsend • Oughtibridge • Tinsley • Tinsley West • Victoria • Wadsley Bridge • Wicker | ||
| Transport in Sheffield • Travel South Yorkshire UK railway stations: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | edit | |
