Sheffield Victoria Train Station

[Peter Hall]

Something that is possibly not all that well known is that despite being closed a train for London Kings Cross called at Sheffield Vctoria station during the Summers of 1971 and 1972.  The purpose of the call was to change trainmen.  Within the Penistone's Passenger Train Highlights - since 1964 haulage highlights feature on the RCTS website is a page about this train. Just added, with permission of the KDH Collection, is a picture of the train during its call at Sheffield Victoria.  This is the only picture I have ever seen of this train in the Sheffield area.

[Ponytail]

Advertisement from an engraving by E. Hewitt, for the opening of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, Wicker Arches. 21st July 1849.s07510

 

From a newspaper cutting from The Star in my Grandma's Scrapbook. No date with it but could have been 1948. 

"The first train over the Wicker Viaduct on December 16th 1848, from a picture lent by Mr. Albert Gray, Stannington Road, Sheffield."

 

I've heard the line referred to as the Mucky, Slow and Lazy Railway. 

[Ponytail]

Railway Archive. 

Manchester to Sheffield

The Woodhead Route. 

(2023)

https://www.railwayarchive.org.uk/the-woodhead-route

 

[Ponytail]

Victoria Station:

Prosperity to the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and the Grimsby Docks. 

By David Poole. (7th July 2020) 

https://sheffielder.net/2020/07/07/victoria-station-prosperity-to-the-manchester-sheffield-and-lincolnshire-railway-and-the-grimsby-docks/

 

With links to other articles:

Wicker Arch. (3rd August 2020)

Victoria Station Memorial. (9th July 2020)

Royal Victoria Crown Plaza. (14th July 2020)

 

[Ponytail]

Plan of part of the town of Sheffield showing the existing markets, the property of His Grace the Duke of Norfolk, and the projected improvements. 1847. 

Shows the line of the Railway, Bridgehouses Station; Wicker; River Dun & Reservoir, Effingham Street etc. 

https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04187&pos=276&action=zoom&id=104946

 

 

[Ponytail]

Victoria Station, decorated for the visit of Prince and Princess of Wales (Edward and Alexandra) at midday 16th August 1875 to open Firth Park. 

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For more information see Central Sheffield, Martin Olive Ref: 942.74 S Page 50. A long and detailed account can be seen in The Sheffield Independent newspaper. Running over several days it gives detail of preparations as well as vivid details of the two day visit by The Prince and Princess of Wales (16th and 17th August 1875.) 

 

I'm sure someone will know what Locomotive it was in the Station. 

 

[Ponytail]

On 14/05/2020 at 09:10, Sheffield History said:

Closing Day 5th January 1970, Engine Driver W. Hibberd of Rotherwood Electric Depot on Victoria Station Platform.

 

Information from M. Simmons who worked at Rotherwood from 1966-1980: Engine driver, W. Hibberd of Rotherwood Electric Depot probably waiting to work either the 21-45 or 22-45 Sheffield to Manchester electric passenger.

 

[Ponytail]

LNER Parcels Office and Furnival Road Railway Bridge showing Victoria Station. 26th June 1929. 

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Photographer: City Engineers, Bridges Department. 

 

View of Railway Arches, Sussex Street showing (top) platform on the old Victoria Station. 28th October 1985.

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Photographer: SCC Planning. 

 

Steps leading to Victoria Station and Royal Victoria Hotel, from The Wicker. December 1983. 

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Pedestrian entrance to Victoria Station, The Wicker. On the right is the entrance to the passenger lift. 1985.t02415

Photographer: Richard Webb. 

 

Nu-Design Windows, Wicker Arches, The Wicker showing (right) the former entrance to the Victoria Railway Station. 

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The Peoples Cartridge Co., printer accessories, The Wicker, former access to Victoria Station. 11th July 2005.

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Photographer: D. Wright. 

 

[Lysanderix]

Our annual visit to my mothers relations in Grimsby always involved a trip ,on a Friday night ,to leave our luggage at the station via the lift from the tram stop in the Wicker! Happy Days!

[Lemmy117]

12 hours ago, Ponytail said:

I've heard the line referred to as the Mucky, Slow and Lazy Railway. 

More usually known as Money Sunk and Lost

[Lysanderix]

Eventually ,a part of the…Long Never Ending Railway.

[History dude]

You could get from Sheffield Victoria to Manchester in under an hour.

These days:

The average journey time by train between Sheffield and Manchester is 1 hour and 9 minutes.

 

[Lysanderix]

That’s when we had an organisation investing in electrification of a major route…especially of freight. Sadly, they picked a system which was rapidly being outdated by AC and there was no will or money to bring the route up to the new standard…and, in any case, the old GCR route was doomed by the powers in Derby.

Another case of our City’s transport connections being neglected by national and local politicians….although we did manage to be connected to the M1 but electrification of the Midland rail route to London won’t happen, methinks, in my lifetime.

[History dude]

Somebody posted a link to the Newspaper archive the other day. So I looked up the station on it. There were several reports of part of the roof of the station collapsing, I think it was around 1951. Nobody was hurt, and no trains were under where it fell. I could only see the references to the articles, having no access to the papers themselves. 

[Edmund]