Bramwith railway station (West Riding and Grimsby Railway)

Not to be confused with Bramwith railway station on the South Yorkshire Railway.

Bramwith (WR&G)
Level crossing at the former station
General information
Location	Barnby Dun, Doncaster England
Coordinates	53.58350°N 1.07594°W / 53.58350; -1.07594
Grid reference	SE619083
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	West Riding and Grimsby Railway
Pre-grouping	West Riding and Grimsby Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway

Bramwith (WR&G) railway station, which was named Barnby Dun on opening, believed to be 1872, due to its close proximity to the village of that name, took the name Bramwith, (from February 1882), from the village of Kirk Bramwith, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England although it was over two miles away. This was possibly to avoid confusion with the station rebuilt on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway's straightened line between Doncaster and Thorne. The station was also closer to the village of Thorpe-in-Balne, to the north, than Kirk Bramwith. It was located at the level crossing near the junction of North Field Lane with Bramwith Lane, east of the River Don Navigation.

The station was built by the West Riding and Grimsby Railway but this line (and so the station) never had a regular local passenger service. It was used by excursion passenger trains travelling between the West Riding Woollen District towns and Cleethorpes from opening until the early years of the 20th century, after which it continued as a goods station, traffic being mostly agricultural in nature. The station closed around 1933, but the line is still in use.

References

Sources

• "Great Central", Vol 2., G.Dow. Locomotive Publishing Co. 1964