Shunting Signal at Kiveton Bridge Station

Image: © Mike Nield Taken: 30 Sep 2017

Kiveton Park, South Yorkshire. Not many years ago, this view from the end of Platform 2 at Kiveton Bridge station would have been a very different scene. The line of trees on the right would not have existed and straight ahead we would have been looking directly at Kiveton Park Colliery, which would have then dominated this scene. Just beyond the still extant ground position light in the foreground would have been points leading to sidings in the pit yard, and from this vantage point we would have had a clear view of wagons being loaded with coal. The pit closed in 1994 and the whole area it occupied, including the pit tip, has since been transformed into the mini country park we know today as Kiveton Community Woodland. The sidings within the pit yard would have been lifted soon after the pit's closure, although the points on the main running line remained for some time afterwards. However, they too have now gone, and yet the redundant ground shunting signal remains to this day and, as can be seen from this picture, is still illuminated.

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