Ghost Stations - Disused Railway Stations in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England

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1. Arksey railway station
2. Askern railway station
3. Barnby Dun railway station
4. Bawtry railway station
5. Bentley Crossing Halt
6. Bessacarr Halt railway station
7. Bramwith (WR&G) railway station
8. Bramwith railway station
9. Denaby and Conisbrough railway station
10. Denaby Halt railway station
11. Doncaster (Cherry Tree Lane) railway station
12. Doncaster (St. James' Bridge) railway station
13. Doncaster (York Road) railway station
14. Edlington railway station
15. Finningley railway station
16. Hampole railway station
17. Harlington Halt railway station
18. Hexthorpe railway platform
19. Joan Croft Halt railway station
20. Maud's Bridge railway station
21. Mexborough (Ferry Boat) Halt railway station
22. Mexborough Junction railway station
23. Moorhouse and South Elmsall Halt railway station
24. Norton (South Yorkshire) railway station
25. Pickburn and Brodsworth railway station
26. Rossington railway station
27. Spike Island (Doncaster)
28. Sprotborough (H&B) railway station
29. Sprotborough (SYR) railway station
30. Stainforth railway station
31. Sykehouse railway station
32. Thorne (Old) railway station
33. Thorne Waterside railway station
34. Thorpe-in-Balne railway station
35. Tickhill and Wadworth railway station
36. Warmsworth railway station

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Disused_railway_stations_in_Doncaster

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Ghost stations is the usual English translation for the German word Geisterbahnhöfe. This term was used to describe certain
stations on Berlin's U-Bahn and S-Bahn metro networks that were closed during the period of Berlin's division during the Cold War.

Since then, the term has come to be used to describe any disused station on an underground railway line, especially those actively
passed through by passenger trains.

An abandoned (or disused) railway station is a building or structure which was constructed to serve as a railway station but has
fallen into disuse. There are various circumstances when this may occur - a railway company may fall bankrupt, or the station may
be closed due to the failure of economic activitiy such as insufficient passenger numbers, operational reasons such as the
diversion or replacement of the line. In some instances, the railway line may continue in operation while the station is closed.

Additionally, stations may sometimes be resited along the route of the line to new premises - examples of this include opening a
replacement station nearer to the centre of population, or building a larger station on a less restricted site to cope with high
passenger numbers.

Notable cases where railway stations have fallen into disuse include the Beeching Axe, a 1960s programme of mass closures of unprofitable railway lines by the British Government. The London Underground system is also noted for its list of closed stations.

During the time of the Berlin Wall, a number of Berlin U-Bahn stations on West Berlin lines became "ghost stations"
(Geisterbahnhöfe) because they were on lines which passed through East Berlin territory.

Railway stations and lines which fall into disuse may become overgrown. Some former railway lines are repurposed as managed nature reserves, trails or other tourist attractions - for example Hellfire Pass, the route of the former "Death Railway" in Thailand.

Many former railways are converted into long-distance cycleways, such as large sections of the National Cycle Network in the
United Kingdom. In rural areas, former railway station buildings are often converted into private residences. Examples include
many of the stations on the closed Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway in England.

Architecturally and historically notable station buildings may present a problem if they are protected under building preservation
laws but fall into disuse. Such buildings are often simply demolished (such as Broad Street railway station (London); a similar fate threatens Michigan Central Station), or they may be preserved as part of a heritage railway. Often, in order to be retained as commercially viable structures within an urban environment, or as part o