Sheffield Lost Stations - Killamarsh Central Railway Station
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- čas přidán 7. 11. 2022
- We're continuing our series on the lost railway stations from the Sheffield area. We've just nipped over the border into Derbyshire and the village of Killamarsh.
Killamarsh Sation opened in 1892 as part of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. It later transfered to what is commonly known as the Great Central Railway, which ran between London Marleybone, Nottingham, Sheffield and Manchester.
In 1950, the station was renamed Killamarsh Central, however in 1963 the station was closed to passenger traffic.
The abandoned station saw freight traffic until the early 1980s, when the trackbed was finally lifted.
In the modern day, the station sits on the hugely popular Trans-Pennine Trail path on the Sheffield to Chesterfield section. Cyclists, Runners and Walkers pass through the station every day to enjoy the traffic free route.
The northbound platform is still accessible to walk along and the old footbridge is now a public right of way to access the trail through the station.
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Watched a couple of your videos last week after doing disused railway walks. Thanks very informative and will be doing more shortly
Thanks Ian. Glad you found them useful.
Another quality video many thanks 👍
CHeers as always Steve
Glad you brought attention to that wall... had my head scratching when I've cycled by and stopped on several occasions , but did settle on it just being a retaining wall I guess
Really enjoyed this video, whilst not being from around the North, its great to see the remaining sites still visible or navigable today!
Glad you enjoyed it
I enjoyed that Paul, looking forward to seeing more of Sheffields disused stations. It looks a nice place to visit and walk in the summer.
Cheers Pete.
It's also right next door to Rother Valley and all their disused railways too 🙂
I remember the station having a lot of Red phone boxs and huge metal bouys in the grounds at the front of the building.
A customer of mine lived directly opposite and told me it was a hire place for movie props.
An elderly couple owned it but when the gentleman passed away his wife gave up the premises.
Although I've always lived very close by i sadly never really got any pictures of the buildings.
I lived for a few years down south and when I returned up north I returned to the site and very sadly it had destroyed by fire.
Very sad what happened to the station buildings isnt it.
Can't have anything nice. I moved to the area in around 2006 and vaguely remember them, but I regret I wasnt really too observent or invested in the history back then :(
Love the quick walk you did, reminded me of the old black and white films.
That retaining wall always catches my eye given the size of it.
Surely got to be related to the canal. What do you reckon?
@@WobblyRunner yes definitely. That's what I've always thought, it is just above too and would have needed something to ensure the canal etc didn't fall onto the railway line.
I used to be a meter reader , worked in Killamarsh and all around NE Derbyshire. I remember the old station before the fire , it used to be a reclamation yard. Lots of old telephone boxes and other stuff.
Cheers Tony.
Shame it destroyed. Would have made a good cafe these days.
@@WobblyRunner You're right it would have made a nice cafe. It was an interesting building and place.
When a True killamartian said am guna town he/she was guna cheezi...LOL
Nice presentation again Paul.
Memories of flying down there on my motorbike in 80s.
😄 killamartian
I bet they didn't call it chezzi back then though 😁
@@eggy77 we did same as"i been down sheff" and am from 60s LOL
@@mrbetamax1969 I've only heard people used chezzi in the last 20 years or so, but equally I can't think what people called it before other than town/tarn. Maybe it was just a term that wasn't used in Boza 😄
@@eggy77 my hard drive 💾 say 1996 finking back when we used2 go cruise down cheezi.
So may your not far off 👍
Did you notice the curved brick laying on the footbridge stairs? I loved that. Be good if they could clear the platforms a bit and make more of a feature of it. Great video again!
👍 yeah it could do with a bit of weedkiller. Shame nobody seems to be caring for it
I remember when the station building was a Railway Emporium full of railway artefacts
Did you ever get to go in Craig?
Brings back memories of when I lived in Chesterfield. In the summer I used to regularly cycle down the canal towpath to Staveley, the canal basin wasn’t built then,across to the old GCR trackbed through Killarmarsh then onto Rother Valley. I left Chesterfield in 1999.
@@peterrobinson903 nice route that Peter.
I bet there's was a bit more railway remains back then?
@@WobblyRunner I only poked my head in thinking I could come back another day but now it's gone
It was a general reclamation yard, it had phone boxes, mangles, period fittings and the like. After the owner died it was first partially demolished and the sellable features removed and then a few years later it was levelled.
Hm, I recognise that place!! It's wonderful to see the platform in good nick, I suspect that masonery at the end of it @6.00 may well be an old signal base, further down the signalling attachments might give credence to my theory🤔. Those old photos were excellent too.
You could be right. There was a signal box just beyond there too
Always nice to see the platforms left in place 👍
Its sure is. Some nice bits left at this one.
Another Great video Paul
Was it open to a pit or something after the GC closed? Great shot of the 20s coming through it
Cheers Russ.
It was open for access to...errm I think arkwright.
@@WobblyRunner ah , that makes sense Paul unusual to still have double track on a colliery branch
News on my messenger from high moor 2day.
Got it.
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