Grimethorpe Halt railway station

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

Grimethorpe Halt
General information
Location	Grimethorpe, Barnsley England
Coordinates	53°34′48″N 1°23′51″W / 53.58004°N 1.39757°W / 53.58004; -1.39757
Grid reference	SE399094
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 (1912-06-03)	Station opened
10 September 1951 (1951-09-10)	Station closed

The station was opened on 3 June 1912, and closed on 10 September 1951.^[2] Originally, 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]

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. 110. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
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.

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