Wincobank railway station

Not to be confused with Meadow Hall and Wincobank railway station.

Wincobank
General information
LocationBrightside and Wincobank, City of Sheffield
England
Coordinates53°25′03″N 1°24′46″W / 53.417580°N 1.412700°W / 53.417580; -1.412700
Grid referenceSK391913
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 May 1868Station opened
1 July 1899renamed Wincobank and Meadowhall
18 June 1951renamed Wincobank
2 April 1956Station closed[1]

Wincobank railway station, previously named Wincobank and Meadow Hall, was a railway station in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The station served the communities of Brightside and Wincobank and was situated on the Midland Main Line on Meadowhall Road, lying between Holmes and Brightside stations. There were no platforms on the Midland Railway line to Barnsley at the original Wincobank station. This was remedied when Meadowhall Interchange was later built on roughly the same site.

The station was opened on 1 April 1868[2] and had two platforms although four tracks went through. The two outside tracks were for freight use whilst the two inside tracks were used by both stopping and express trains. Only two were in general use as there were two slow and two fast lines. The station had a subway to access the platforms from Meadowhall Road, and evidence of this can be seen of the bricked up arch in the north-western wall of the bridge abutment.

The station was situated just on the Rotherham side of the junction to the Blackburn Valley line of the South Yorkshire Railway, which itself was just east of the Midland Railway junction which took services from Sheffield to Barnsley. The station closed in 1956 as the immediate area was but sparsely populated and the nearby Brightside station more practical. Meadowhall Interchange station was built on the site and opened in 1990.

Today, the railway lines on the Blackburn Valley line have been removed and a cyclepath has been laid, allowing cyclists and pedestrians to walk between Ecclesfield and Meadowhall, past the similarly named nearby former SYR Meadow Hall and Wincobank railway station. The route is part of the Trans Pennine Trail, a network of coast-to-coast footpaths across the Pennine hills.[3]

The station changed names several times. In 1868 the station opened as Wincobank. It was renamed Wincobank and Meadow Hall station in July 1899 and back to Wincobank station in June 1951. Locals sometimes referred to the station as Cromer Street.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Brightside
Line open, station closed 		  Midland Railway   Holmes
Line open, station closed
  1. ^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. [page needed]. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  2. ^ Batty, Stephen R. (1984). Rail Centres No. 11: Sheffield. p. 44.
  3. ^ "TPT Map – Trans Pennine Trail Maps". Trans Pennine Trail Maps. 24 October 2023. Archived from the original on 20 May 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.