Holmes railway station

Holmes
Train passing the site of the former station (2008)
General information
Location	Rotherham, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham England
Coordinates	53°25′39″N 1°22′45″W / 53.427416°N 1.379290°W / 53.427416; -1.379290
Grid reference	SK413924
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Sheffield and Rotherham Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 November 1838	Opened as The Holmes
1 January 1858	renamed Holmes
19 September 1955	Closed [1]

Holmes railway station was a railway station in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The station served the communities of Masbrough and Holmes and was situated on the former Sheffield and Rotherham Railway (S&R) line between Rotherham Westgate Station and Wincobank and Meadowhall Station. The station, which had two flanking platforms, opened with the line.

With the building of the North Midland Railway through Rotherham Masborough, Holmes became the junction of the curve from this station to the Sheffield line. A second curve, allowing trains to travel from the Sheffield line to the North Midland facing south was opened in 1869.^[2]

The station was closed in 1955. Nowadays a footbridge spans the two tracks almost above Holmes Junction which, via a British Rail - built chord line, known as "The Holmes Chord", now links the former S&R line to the former Great Central Railway line through Rotherham Central.

The access line to Booth's scrapyard leaves the Holmes Chord shortly after the junction. This line was an original part of the S&R to Rotherham Westgate. Nearby was the factory of Isaac Dodds and Son who supplied the early locomotives for the S&R.