Hemsworth and South Kirkby railway station served the towns of

Hemsworth Hemsworth is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. Historic counties of England, Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire and had a population of 13,311 at the 2001 census, ...

and

South Kirkby South Kirkby is a town in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England which is governed locally by South Kirkby and Moorthorpe Town Council. The town forms half of the civil parish of South Kirkby and Moorthorpe. The parish has a populatio ...

, in the historical county of

West Riding of Yorkshire The West Riding of Yorkshire was one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the riding was an administrative county named County of York, West Riding. The Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, lieu ...

, England, from 1891 to 1932 on the

Hull and Barnsley Railway The Hull Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway and Dock Company (HB&WRJR&DCo.) was opened on 20 July 1885. It had a total projected length of but never reached Barnsley, stopping a few miles short at Stairfoot. The name was changed to The ...

History

The station was opened on 1 July 1891 by the Hull, Barnsley and West Riding Junction Railway and Dock Company. It closed on 1 January 1932 but an excursion ran on 14 October 1933 for Hull Civic Week. This ran every October until 1939.

References

Disused railway stations in Wakefield Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1891 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1932 1891 establishments in England 1932 disestablishments in England Former Hull and Barnsley Railway stations {{Yorkshire-Humber-railstation-stub