Sheffield station
combined railway station and tram stop in Sheffield, England
Sheffield station (formerly Pond Street and later Sheffield Midland) is a combined railway station and tram stop in the city of Sheffield, in South Yorkshire, England; it is the busiest station in the county and the third busiest in Yorkshire & the Humber, after Leeds and York. The South Yorkshire Supertram stop lies adjacent to the main station.
History
1870–1960
The station was opened in 1870 by the Midland Railway to the designs of the company architect John Holloway Sanders. It was the fifth and last station to be built in Sheffield city centre.
The station was built on the New Line, which ran between Grimesthorpe Junction, on the former Sheffield and Rotherham Railway, and Tapton Junction, just north of Chesterfield. This line replaced the Midland Railway's previous route, the 'old road', to London, which ran from Sheffield Wicker via Rotherham Masborough.
The new line and station were built in spite of some controversy and opposition locally. The Duke of Norfolk, who owned land in the area, insisted that the southern approach be in a tunnel and the land known as The Farm landscaped to prevent the line being seen. Some years later, the tunnel was opened out into a cutting. Sheffield Corporation was so concerned about the eastern side of the city being cut off from the city centre that it insisted that public access be preserved across the railway site.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1862179. Authority coordinates are 53.378, -1.462. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1870 and 1960.
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