Ashover Butts railway station

Ashover Butts
General information
Location	Ashover, North East Derbyshire England
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Ashover Light Railway
Post-grouping	Ashover Light Railway
Key dates
7 April 1925	Station opens
14 September 1936	Passenger service ceased
by 1950	Station closed completely
Location

Ashover Butts railway station was a railway station serving the village of Ashover in Derbyshire, England. It was the terminus of the 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) narrow gauge Ashover Light Railway.

History

After an order under the Light Railways Act that had been obtained in 1918 to build a standard gauge railway between the Midland Railway station at Stretton and Ashover, was not proceeded with because the cost was too high, in 1920 Colonel H. F. Stephens proposed building the railway to 2 ft (610 mm) gauge. Construction started in 1922 and the railway opened to goods traffic in 1924. ^[1] The formal opening to passenger traffic took place in March 1925. Although the line was successful at first, road competition traffic decline and all passenger services were withdrawn in 1936.

The mineral traffic continued until the quarry closed with the railway closed in 1950.

Description

Triangle for Reversing at Ashover Butts

Ashover Butts had a single platform with a wooden building, which comprised an open-fronted shelter with an office on either side, one of which was for ticket sales. The other office briefly sold confectionery, but then stood unused for many years. Latterly, it was used to store moulds from the Butts concrete plant. ^[2] In the last couple of years before passenger services ended, the building was painted grey.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Salter Lane		Ashover Light Railway		Terminus

References

1. Whitehouse, Patrick & Snell, John (1984). Narrow gauge railways of the British Isles. David & Charles. ISBN   0715301969.
2. Plant, K. P. "The Ashover Light Railway". The Oakwood Press, 1987, p. 48.

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.

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