page_title: Hickleton and Thurnscoe Halt railway station
hierarchical_section_title: Hickleton and Thurnscoe Halt railway station
caption_attribution_description: English: Thurnscoe: site of former Hickleton &amp; Thurnscoe (H&amp;B) station. View eastward from the new (16/5/88) Thurnscoe station on the ex-Midland &amp; NE (Swinton &amp; Knottingley) Joint line, the main Sheffield - York line. Parallel to this had run the Hull &amp; South Yorkshire Extension Railway from Wrangbrook Junction on the Hull &amp; Barnsley Railway to Wath, with a station here named Hickleton &amp; Thurnscoe: the station and line lasted for passengers until 6/4/29, for goods until 31/5/54
context_page_description: Hickleton and Thurnscoe Halt was a small railway station on the Hull and Barnsley Railway line between Wrangbrook Junction and Wath-upon-Dearne. The halt was built to serve the mining villages of Hickleton and Thurnscoe, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire and was situated in the centre of Thurnscoe at the point where the line crosses over the main Barnsley road. Hickleton village was situated over 0.5 miles away.
  The station was situated 3 miles south of Moorhouse and South Elmsall and consisted of a single wooden platform with a single storey "Double Pavilion" style wooden station building. The platform surface was of gravel and the station opened on 28 August 1902 and closed, along with the others on the line, on 6 April 1929.
  The line was controlled by two standard H&B style signal boxes named "Hickleton Station" and "Hickleton Colliery".
  Immediately south of the station was the entrance to Hickleton Main Colliery where the H&B shared sidings with the Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway line.
context_section_description: Hickleton and Thurnscoe Halt was a small railway station on the Hull and Barnsley Railway line between Wrangbrook Junction and Wath-upon-Dearne. The halt was built to serve the mining villages of Hickleton and Thurnscoe, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire and was situated in the centre of Thurnscoe at the point where the line crosses over the main Barnsley road. Hickleton village was situated over 0.5 miles (0.8 km) away.
  The station was situated 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Moorhouse and South Elmsall and consisted of a single wooden platform with a single storey "Double Pavilion" style wooden station building. The platform surface was of gravel and the station opened on 28 August 1902 and closed, along with the others on the line, on 6 April 1929.
  The line was controlled by two standard H&B style signal boxes named "Hickleton Station" and "Hickleton Colliery".
  Immediately south of the station was the entrance to Hickleton Main Colliery where the H&B shared sidings with the Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway line.
caption: Station location (1995)
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