Rotherham Westgate | |
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General information | |
Location | Rotherham, Rotherham England |
Coordinates | 53°25′45″N 1°21′30″W / 53.429220°N 1.358450°W |
Grid reference | SK427926 |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Sheffield and Rotherham Railway |
Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
Post-grouping | LMSR London Midland Region of British Railways |
Key dates | |
31 October 1838 | Opened |
4 October 1952 | Closed to passengers |
1970 | Demolished |
Rotherham Westgate railway station was the eastern terminus of the five-mile-long Sheffield and Rotherham Railway, the first passenger-carrying railway in the Sheffield/Rotherham area. In central Rotherham on the eastern bank of the River Don, it was a single-platform terminus that opened on 31 October 1838 and closed on 4 October 1952.