The South Yorkshire Railway (SYR) had a small system connecting Sheffield with Doncaster and some neighbouring towns;[1] in 1855 it reached Thorne.

[3] Originally there was only one intermediate station, at Crowle, but others were soon opened,[3] including one at Maud's Bridge in October 1859.

[4] Only a couple of miles to the east the line crosses the county boundary, leaving Yorkshire and entering Lincolnshire.

It was at Maud's Bridge that the new 'straightened' track from Thorne South, opened in 1864, rejoined the original route along the canal.

The station closed to passengers on 1 October 1866;[4] in the meantime, the SYR had been leased to the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in June 1864.