Holmes railway station

53°25′39″N 1°22′45″W / 53.427416°N 1.379290°W / 53.427416; -1.379290Grid referenceSK413924Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companySheffield and Rotherham RailwayPre-groupingMidland RailwayPost-groupingLMSR
London Midland Region of British RailwaysKey dates1 November 1838Opened as The Holmes1 January 1858renamed Holmes19 September 1955Closed ^[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.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Wincobank and Meadowhall Line open, station closed		Midland Railway		Rotherham Masborough Line open, station closed

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