Stairfoot Railway Station

Stairfoot railway station was a railway station on the South Yorkshire Railway's main line between Mexborough and Barnsley. It was situated between Wombwell Central and Barnsley. The station was intended to serve the communities of Ardsley and Stairfoot, South Yorkshire, England.
The original station, which was called Ardsley, was situated close by the point where the Doncaster - Barnsley main road joins with the Rotherham - Barnsley road and was opened on 1 July 1851. It suffered a temporary closure between 1856 and April 1858 and was closed on 1 December 1871, being replaced by a new station built in the \"Double Pavilion\" style favoured by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.
The station was the scene of an accident on 12 December 1870, when a goods train divided, the rear section rolling backwards towards the platforms and colliding with stationary passenger train, killing 15 passengers and injuring 59 more.
In due course the area around Stairfoot became a complex set of railway junctions and fly-overs.

Stairfoot railway station was a railway station on the South Yorkshire Railway's main line between Mexborough and Barnsley. It was situated between Wombwell Central and Barnsley. The station was intended to serve the communities of Ardsley and Stairfoot, South Yorkshire, England.
The original station, which was called Ardsley, was situated close by the point where the Doncaster - Barnsley main road joins with the Rotherham - Barnsley road and was opened on 1 July 1851. It suffered a temporary closure between 1856 and April 1858 and was closed on 1 December 1871, being replaced by a new station built in the \"Double Pavilion\" style favoured by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.
The station was the scene of an accident on 12 December 1870, when a goods train divided, the rear section rolling backwards towards the platforms and colliding with stationary passenger train, killing 15 passengers and injuring 59 more.
In due course the area around Stairfoot became a complex set of railway junctions and fly-overs.