page_title: Stairfoot railway station
hierarchical_section_title: Stairfoot railway station
caption_attribution_description: English: Stairfoot 2nd railway station (site), YorkshireOpened in 1871 by the Manchester Sheffield &amp; Lincolnshire Railway on the line from Doncaster to Barnsley, this station replaced an earlier 1851 station immediately behind the camera position. In turn, the 1871 station closed to passengers in 1957. View north west along the track-bed towards Barnsley. The modern A635 under-bridge in the centre of the image cuts across where the 2 parallel platforms were. The track-bed is now a public footpath.
context_page_description: Stairfoot railway station was a railway station on the South Yorkshire Railway's main line between Mexborough and Barnsley. It was situated between Wombwell Central and Barnsley. The station was intended to serve the communities of Ardsley and Stairfoot, South Yorkshire, England.
  The original station, which was called Ardsley, was situated close by the point where the Doncaster - Barnsley main road joins with the Rotherham - Barnsley road and was opened on 1 July 1851. It suffered a temporary closure between 1856 and April 1858 and was closed on 1 December 1871, being replaced by a new station built in the "Double Pavilion" style favoured by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.
  The station was the scene of an accident on 12 December 1870, when a goods train divided, the rear section rolling backwards towards the platforms and colliding with stationary passenger train, killing 15 passengers and injuring 59 more.
  In due course the area around Stairfoot became a complex set of railway junctions and fly-overs.
context_section_description: Stairfoot railway station was a railway station on the South Yorkshire Railway's main line between Mexborough and Barnsley. It was situated between Wombwell Central and Barnsley. The station was intended to serve the communities of Ardsley and Stairfoot, South Yorkshire, England.
  The original station, which was called Ardsley, was situated close by the point where the Doncaster - Barnsley main road (A635) joins with the Rotherham - Barnsley road (A633) and was opened on 1 July 1851. It suffered a temporary closure between 1856 and April 1858 and was closed on 1 December 1871, being replaced by a new station built in the "Double Pavilion" style favoured by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.
  
  The station was the scene of an accident on 12 December 1870, when a goods train divided, the rear section rolling backwards towards the platforms and colliding with stationary passenger train, killing 15 passengers and injuring 59 more. 
  In due course the area around Stairfoot became a complex set of railway junctions and fly-overs. Joining the South Yorkshire Railway's line was a junction to the Barnsley Coal Railway, built in two sections to reach the West Riding and Grimsby Railway's main line at Notton, to the south of Wakefield. There was also a connection to the Hull and Barnsley Railway at Cudworth, whilst at a higher level the road and rail junctions were crossed by the Midland Railway line between Wombwell and Cudworth.
  The station, which suffered heavily from bus competition, closed on 16 September 1957.
caption: Site of 1871 station in July 2020.
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