It’s amazing to think that a little place like Killamarsh alone once had three railway stations! Here in pictures are 13 Sheffield rail stations that we have lost – some are gone forever, while clues to the existence of the others remain if you know where to look.
9. Beauchief Station
Beauchief Railway Station, Sheffield was built by the Midland Railway in 1870 and was on the Midland Main Line between Millhouses and Dore and Totley stations. Its original name was Abbey Houses and later it became Beauchief and Abbey Dale. It closed on January 1961 - the nearby station hotel later became the Beauchief Hotel, which is now luxury flats
Photo: Peter Tuffrey
10. Oughty Bridge Station
Oughty Bridge Station, as it was called, served the Sheffield village of Oughtibridge. It opened in July 1845 and closed in June 1959. The old station house is a grade two listed building that has been renovated since this picture was taken
Photo: Barry Richardson (Staff)
11. Millhouses and Ecclesall Station
Millhouses and Ecclesall Station, pictured in 1979. It was called Ecclesall Station when it opened in 1870 and was part of the Midland Main Line, lying between Heeley and Beauchief stations. Entrance was via an overbridge on Archer Road. It closed in June 1968, remaining derelict until the buildings were removed a year after this picture was taken
Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
12. Chapeltown Central Station
Chapeltown Central Railway Station, Sheffield was also known as Chapeltown and Thorncliffe. It dates back to 1854 and closed to all traffic a century later. A fossilised stump of a giant club moss tree discovered by navvies building new track in 1875 is now on display at Sheffield Botanical Gardens
Photo: Peter Tuffrey