The station was situated adjacent to the main Wakefield road (A61), slightly to the east of Staincross, on the edge of the present day Athersley estate.

The railway arrived in the area with the opening of the first section of the Barnsley Coal Railway but the stations were opened, with the completion of the line on 1 September 1882.

Staincross and Mapplewell consisted of two flanking platforms with access from the road bridge.

[1] It is referred to as Staincross for Mapplewell in the July 1922 issue of Bradshaw's Railway Guide.

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