Millhouses and Ecclesall railway station
Millhouses and Ecclesall railway station was a railway station in the Millhouses district of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
Millhouses and Ecclesall | |
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,_Sheffield_(geograph_3484324).jpg) Site of the station (2008) | |
| General information | |
| Location | Millhouses, City of Sheffield England |
| Coordinates | 53°20′42″N 1°29′42″W / 53.3450°N 1.4950°W |
| Grid reference | SK337832 |
| Platforms | 2/4 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMSR London Midland Region of British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 1 February 1870 | Opened as Ecclesall |
| 1 October 1871 | renamed Ecclesall and Mill Houses |
| 1 May 1884 | renamed Mill Houses and Ecclesall |
| 1901-3 | Expanded to four platforms |
| 18 July 1932 | renamed Millhouses and Ecclesall |
| 10 June 1968 | Closed [1] |
History
editIt was built by the Midland Railway and was designed by the company architect John Holloway Sanders[2] and opened in 1870 called Ecclesall. This was changed, first to Ecclesall & Millhouses and later Mill Houses & Ecclesall before becoming Millhouses and Ecclesall in 1932. It was situated on the Midland Main Line between Heeley railway station and Beauchief station, and was accessed from the Archer Road overbridge, near the junction of Abbeydale Road and Millhouses Lane.
The station was opened at the same time as the main line from Chesterfield with just 2 flanking platforms. Between 1901 and 1903 the line was widened and two lines added. The station now consisted of 4 platforms with two flanking platforms and an island platform in the centre. The station buildings were situated at road level with access by steps to the island platform.
The station closed on 10 June 1968, and remained derelict for many years. The station buildings and platforms were finally removed in the 1980s, but the stationmaster's house survives as a private home.
Calls for reopening
editThere have been numerous plans to rebuild a station, going as far as a feasibility study in 1997,[3] but so far none have come to fruition.
In July 2017, it was proposed by Local Enterprise Partnership that new stations should be built at Millhouses and Heeley as well as new platforms at Dore & Totley.[4] The plans would be part of a call to have better links in South Yorkshire area as well as plans for a new Woodhead Route reopening. In 2020, local MP Olivia Blake wrote to the transport secretary asking him to consider the reopening of the station, suggesting it would reduce congestion in the area.[5]
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| Beauchief Line open, station closed |
Midland Railway Midland Main Line |
Heeley Line open, station closed | ||
References
edit- ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
- ^ "The Sheffield and Chesterfield District Railway. The New stations". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. British Newspaper Archive. 13 April 1869. Retrieved 12 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Millhouses Station - Operational, and Economic Feasibility Study Archived 8 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Is Sheffield destined to fail and trail? - The Star". Archived from the original on 11 July 2017.
- ^ "Long-lost Sheffield railway station should be reopened, says MP". www.thestar.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- Harvey, Peter (1996). Abbeydale and Millhouses. Stround: The Charlford Publishing Company Limited. ISBN 978-0-7524-0732-6
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