Dunford Bridge | |
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General information | |
Location | Dunford Bridge, Barnsley England |
Coordinates | 53°31′04″N 1°45′46″W / 53.5178°N 1.7628°W |
Grid reference | SE158023 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
14 July 1845 | opened |
1954 | station moved to new alignment |
5 January 1970 | closed |
Dunford Bridge railway station was a railway station that served the village of Dunford Bridge on the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway situated immediately east of the Woodhead Tunnel, 5 miles (8 km) west of Penistone, within the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.
The station was 22 miles (35 km) east of Manchester London Road (now Manchester Picadilly) and 20 miles (32 km) west of the now closed Sheffield Victoria station.[1]