Neepsend - former coal drops
NEEPSEND STATION & COAL SIDING INFO:
Neepsend Station, just three quarters of a mile west of Sheffield Victoria , was the first stop out of the city on the GCR route towards Penistone and Manchester Piccadilly. The station which opened in 1888 was a two platform local, serving Parkwood Springs village and Neepsend Gasworks which stood at either side, with a footbridge across the station linking them.
The station was built on site of old Parkwood brickworks and had been intended to open many years previously - the delay likely related to the above.
Distinguishing structures included an immensely tall signal box at the end of the platform, and more importantly a mightily impressive coal drop siding which sat on top of a tall brick-built embankment, overlooking Hoyland Street. This was accessed by a very short branch which joined the main line immediately west of the station.
Neepsend closed 1940, nearly two decades ahead of the others at Oughtibridge, Wadsley Bridge, Deepcar and Wortley.
All trace left today of the station's existence is the footbridge which still takes pedestrians from Neepsend to Parkwood. The line itself has been reduced to a single track branch to Stockbridge since 1986, and since then has only played host to weekend goods and occasional charter services although the forthcoming Don Valley Railway plan will soon hopefully witness change. Neepsend's coal drops survive and are still easily to view from the road despite a small business occupying an area on Hoyland Street straight beneath.
The rest of the area has been overwhelmed by a growing multitude of modern industrial estates plus a go-Kart circuit, while the gasholders went in 2015. Most of Parkwood itself has since disappeared, a large part of it lost beneath the now also-shut Ski Village.
The coal siding branch can still be traced to a single track bore under the Parkwood Rd overbridge - immediately alongside the mainline arch. The difference in brickwork on the parapet identifies the exact point at where the single line passed under.
Neepsend - former coal drops
NEEPSEND STATION & COAL SIDING INFO:
Neepsend Station, just three quarters of a mile west of Sheffield Victoria , was the first stop out of the city on the GCR route towards Penistone and Manchester Piccadilly. The station which opened in 1888 was a two platform local, serving Parkwood Springs village and Neepsend Gasworks which stood at either side, with a footbridge across the station linking them.
The station was built on site of old Parkwood brickworks and had been intended to open many years previously - the delay likely related to the above.
Distinguishing structures included an immensely tall signal box at the end of the platform, and more importantly a mightily impressive coal drop siding which sat on top of a tall brick-built embankment, overlooking Hoyland Street. This was accessed by a very short branch which joined the main line immediately west of the station.
Neepsend closed 1940, nearly two decades ahead of the others at Oughtibridge, Wadsley Bridge, Deepcar and Wortley.
All trace left today of the station's existence is the footbridge which still takes pedestrians from Neepsend to Parkwood. The line itself has been reduced to a single track branch to Stockbridge since 1986, and since then has only played host to weekend goods and occasional charter services although the forthcoming Don Valley Railway plan will soon hopefully witness change. Neepsend's coal drops survive and are still easily to view from the road despite a small business occupying an area on Hoyland Street straight beneath.
The rest of the area has been overwhelmed by a growing multitude of modern industrial estates plus a go-Kart circuit, while the gasholders went in 2015. Most of Parkwood itself has since disappeared, a large part of it lost beneath the now also-shut Ski Village.
The coal siding branch can still be traced to a single track bore under the Parkwood Rd overbridge - immediately alongside the mainline arch. The difference in brickwork on the parapet identifies the exact point at where the single line passed under.