Kiveton Bridge Station

Image: © Mike Nield Taken: 30 Sep 2017

Kiveton Park, South Yorkshire. "Kiveton Bridge" properly refers to the road bridge from which the adjacent railway station takes its name - avoiding any confusion with Kiveton Park Station approximately one mile to the east. The station was built by the London and North Eastern Railway to serve the rapidly growing communities of Kiveton Park and the neighbouring village of Wales following the sinking of Kiveton Park Colliery and the influx of men to work the pit. With the increasing population, there had been repeated calls for a new station that was more central to the two villages, and after 30 years of lobbying Kiveton Bridge opened to passengers on the 8th July 1929. When built, the new station consisted of two flanking wooden platforms (each with wooden waiting rooms) linked by an overbridge. These were accessed through the road-level booking hall adjacent to the main road. In the 1950s, concrete platforms replaced the old wooden ones, and in the early 1970s the station was further modernised and became destaffed. The booking hall was demolished, the wooden waiting rooms replaced by brick structures, and the station’s lighting was converted from gas to electricity. Both Kiveton Bridge and Kiveton Park stations were remodelled in the 1990s with modern platforms and fixtures, although in the case of Kiveton Bridge, the new station signs read "Kiverton Bridge". These were soon replaced with the correct spelling, but this wasn’t the first time the name had been incorrectly shown. British Railways had made the same blunder when replacing old signs with new, larger enamel ones in the late1950s. Kiveton Bridge station is situated on the ex-Great Central (formerly the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway) Sheffield to Lincoln line and is served by trains operated by Northern Rail. Services are generally hourly in each direction on Monday to Saturday, together with three services from Sheffield to Cleethorpes via Gainsborough Central, Brigg and Grimsby Town on Saturdays only. Sunday services are few, running only in the late afternoon and early evening. Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/128783627@N03/38310535456/in/dateposted/

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