Cudworth
Push-and-pull from Barnsley in 1951
General information
Location	Cudworth, Barnsley England
Coordinates	53°34′08″N 1°25′22″W / 53.56894°N 1.42273°W / 53.56894; -1.42273
Grid reference	SE383081
Platforms	5
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 July 1840	Station opened as Barnsley
1 August 1854	renamed Cudworth for Barnsley
circa 1854	new station
1 May 1870	renamed Cudworth
1 January 1968	Station closed[1]

Railway Clearing House diagram of lines around Cudworth in 1911

The Midland main lines at Wath Road Junction in 1957

Cudworth railway station (English: /ˈkʊdɜːrθ/) was a railway station that served Cudworth, South Yorkshire, England.

History

The station was built by the North Midland Railway and opened in 1840. It was originally called Barnsley and is referred to in Allens Guide^[2] as Barnsley Station at Cudworth Bridge. – Omnibus to Barnsley 2+1⁄2 miles on the left.

Roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) further north, was the line's first crossing of the Barnsley Canal.

In 1885 the station was extended with an extra platform for the Hull and Barnsley Railway, which passed through but was not connected to the Midland system until the next century.^[3]

The station closed to passengers in 1968. In 1988 the line from Wath Road Junction to Cudworth was closed due to mining subsidence.

Accidents and incidents

• In 1843 a North Midland Railway luggage train collided with the rear of a stationary train in fog.
• On 19 January 1905, once again in fog, a Midland Railway express passenger train overran signals and collided with a passenger train. Seven people were killed.^[4]

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