Ackworth railway station was a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

serving Ackworth in the English county of

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History

The station was opened in 1879 by the

Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway The Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway was a British railway company formed to connect the Midland Railway, Midland and Great Central Railway, Great Central lines at Swinton (South Yorkshire) railway station, Swinton, north of Rotherham, wit ...

, which became a joint railway between the

London, Midland and Scottish Railway The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with London and North Eastern Railway, LNER, Great Western Railway, GWR and Southern Railway (UK), SR. The London, Midland an ...

and the

London and North Eastern Railway The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after London, Midland and Scottish Railway, LMS) of the "Big Four (British railway companies), Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. It ope ...

during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on

nationalisation Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state. Nationalization contrasts with priv ...

in 1948. The station was closed by

British Railways British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. Originally a trading brand of the Railway Executive of the British Transport Commis ...

to passengers in July 1951, but official closure was not completed until 21 July 1959.

Site today

Trains pass on the Dearne Valley line, but there is no longer a station at Ackworth.

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Station on navigable O.S. map
Disused railway stations in Wakefield Former Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1879 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1951