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Goldthorpe

CRS Code GOE
Collected date 17/09/18

Goldthorpe sign

Along with Thurnscoe (which is close enough that we walked from it), Goldthorpe was opened by BR in the 1980s and is similarly simple: a couple of wooden platforms. Ramps lead down to both platforms from Barnsley Road:

Goldthorpe looking north from bridge

The bridge:

Goldthorpe bridge

The entrance to platform 1 on the west of the line:

Goldthorpe platform 1 entrance

The wooden ramp leads down to the wooden platform:

Goldthorpe platform 1

The basic shelter and seating on platform 1:

Goldthorpe platform 1 shelter

On the other side of the line is the ramped entrance to platform 2:

Goldthorpe platform 2 entrance

Looking north from the end of platform 2:

Goldthorpe looking north from bridge

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