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This view is from the footbridge between Holmes Lane and Steel St. looking east. The double track on the left is the Sheffield - Doncaster line via Mexborough, the centre single track services C.F.Booth's scrapyard, and the single track to the right goes to Rotherham Central Station.

Holmes Station was an intermediate stop on the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway, the first railway in both towns. The railway was opened on 31 October 1838. A level crossing and footbridge are all that marks the site of the station today.

Opened in 1838 by the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway, this station closed in 1955. View west towards Meadowhall and Sheffield. The line eventually became part of the Midland Railway's line from Sheffield to Leeds.

This is a view of the Coronation Road viaduct in Masbrough which carries the road across the ex MR Derby - Leeds railway. It comprises 13 blue brick arches with a central apex box girder span. The disused land at the rear was probably the Goods and Coaling Station.

The former Rotherham Masborough Station. The photograph was taken on the last day of operation. Units 53012/54003/53646 & 53601 are heading for Sheffield. An excellent shot by Ben Brooksbank that was taken on 23 August 1963 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2058915

View eastward from a footbridge off Psalter Road: the twin tracks to the left were the ex-Midland main lines, through Rotherham (Masborough) station (closed 3/10/1988) to Swinton, Wath Road Junction and Leeds/York, used by through fast trains. The single line in the centre is the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway's route to Rotherham Westgate terminus (closed 4/10/1952). It now serves C.F.Booth's scrapyard. On the right is the single-line Holmes Chord, opened 11/5/1987, connecting with the former Great Central main line from Sheffield (Victoria) to Doncaster through a new Rotherham Central station. After new connections were made between the parallel Midland and GC main lines at Nunnery Junction and at Aldwarke in April 1965, all through passenger trains east of Sheffield used the Midland station at Sheffield and ran via Wincobank (now Meadowhall) and Holmes Junction. Since than, the ex-GC line from Sheffield via Tinsley has been freight-only, with the exception of the Tram Train. Holmes station was behind the camera and was closed 19/9/1955 (cf Image).

Class 45033 runs light through this now closed station. There were 127 of these locomotives built between 1960 and 1962 by British Railways at their Derby and Crewe Works. These 67ft-11in, 135 ton locomotives ran at speeds of up to 90mph.

Opened in 1890 by the North Midland Railway on the line from Derby to Leeds, this station closed in 1988 when it was replaced by Rotherham Central. View north towards Parkgate & Rawmarsh and Leeds.