Upperthorpe and Killamarsh railway station

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Upperthorpe and Killamarsh was a railway station in Killamarsh, North East Derbyshire, England which served the village (now town) from its opening in 1899 until its closure in 1930. It was situated on the LD&ECR's line into Sheffield between Spinkhill and Woodhouse Mill stations.HistoryOpening and operationThe station was opened on the Beighton Branch of the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway (LD&ECR) in 1898. The LD&ECR wished to extend into Sheffield using the MS&LR's lines but was rebuffed, and instead joined the Midland's line at Beighton Junction. From there it went on to join the Sheffield District Railway at Treeton Junction and thereby gain access to goods traffic in central Sheffield and to the Midland Railway's station.ClosureThe station closed in 1930. The line itself closed to stopping passenger services on the outbreak of World War II in 1939. In the late 1980s the station site was home to a short-lived railway preservation attempt known as the Rother Valley Railway. This was formally abandoned in 1992, the preservationists' energy and commitment was transferred to the Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway.