Kiveton Park railway station

Kiveton Park
The station in 2008
General information
Location	South Anston, Rotherham England
Coordinates	53.3368°N 1.2394°W / 53.3368; -1.2394
Grid reference	SK507824
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	Travel South Yorkshire
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	KVP
Fare zone	Rotherham
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1849
Passengers
2019/20	48,590
2020/21	10,586
2021/22	32,112
2022/23	40,674
2023/24	48,106
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Kiveton Park railway station is a station in South Anston, South Yorkshire, England. The original station was opened by the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway in 1849, situated to the east of the level crossing and opened with the line. It was rebuilt in the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway "Double Pavilion" style in 1884, on the west side of the level crossing.[1]

Despite its name, the closest station to the village of Kiveton Park is the neighbouring Kiveton Bridge station.

Kiveton Park was a centre of lime working in the area, and many company sidings came under the jurisdiction of its Station Master. Adjacent to the station was the Dog Kennels Lime and Stone Works, named after the road linking the station to Anston, and the Kiveton Park Lime and Stone Works. Just to the east were the Kiveton Park and Anston lime quarries. All the companies had lime burning facilities and agricultural lime was supplied, by rail, to outlets in Lincolnshire. Kiveton Park Colliery was located to the west of the station, and was rail-connected until its closure in 1994.

Along with neighbouring Kiveton Bridge station, it was completely rebuilt during the early 1990s with modern platforms, lighting and waiting shelters, this work being funded by the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive.^[citation needed] The only remaining part of the 1884 station is the Station Master's house (now privately owned) which stands on the Sheffield-bound (down) platform.[2] It is now unstaffed (all tickets must be purchased on the train or prior to travel), with train running details provided by display screens, telephone and timetable poster boards. Step-free access is available to both platforms from the adjacent level crossing (which is still operated from the adjacent signal box).[3]

Severe damage was caused to the embankment and tracks near here during the widespread flooding in 2007.[4] Repairs cost over £1 million, and the line was closed for several weeks whilst the embankment was rebuilt and the tracks relaid.

Services

All services at Kiveton Park are operated by Northern Trains using Class 150 and 195 DMUs.[5]

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[6]

• 1 tph to Leeds via Sheffield
• 1 tph to Lincoln via Retford

Some early morning and late evening services start/terminate at Retford or Worksop.

On Sundays, the station is served by an hourly service between Lincoln and Sheffield, with some services continuing to Huddersfield.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Kiveton Bridge		Northern Trains Sheffield to Lincoln Line		Shireoaks

References

East of Sheffield, Roger Milnes. Forward, the journal of the Great Central Railway Society, March 1978. ISSN 0141-4488

1. Kiveton Park Railway Station (2009) Thompson, Nigel Geograph.org.uk; Retrieved 1 June 2017
2. Kiveton Park Station BBC - Domesday Reloaded; Retrieved 1 June 2017
3. Kiveton Park station facilities National Rail Enquiries
4. Network Rail - GETTING BACK ON TRACK IN YORKSHIRE, 29 June 2007
5. "Northern place one third of new Class 195 and Class 331 fleet into service". Retrieved 22 August 2022.
6. Table 26 National Rail timetable, May 2023

External links

• Train times and station information for Kiveton Park railway station from National Rail