Bolsover South railway station

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Bolsover South
Bolsover South railway station.jpg
General information
Location Bolsover, Derbyshire
England
Coordinates 53°13′30″N1°18′06″W / 53.2251°N 1.3018°W / 53.2251; -1.3018
Grid reference SK 467 700
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company LD&ECR
Pre-grouping Great Central Railway
Post-grouping LNER
British Railways
Key dates
8 March 1897Opened as Bolsover
25 September 1950renamed Bolsover South
3 December 1951Closed [1]
Location
Bolsover South railway station
LD&ECR and Sheffield District Railway LDECR.jpg
LD&ECR and Sheffield District Railway
1950 Excursion Advert ChesterfieldMPHandbill1950.jpg
1950 Excursion Advert

Bolsover South is a former railway station in Carr Vale, Bolsover, Derbyshire, England.

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History

The station was opened by the LD&ECR in March 1897 as plain "Bolsover". It was closed to all traffic by British Railways in December 1951, primarily due to the prohibitive cost of repairing and maintaining Bolsover Tunnel. [2] Track lifting started immediately after closure and was completed within weeks, though the station building survived as an increasingly vandalised eyesore for some years. The photograph opposite shows the characteristic Station Master's house in 1963, the station itself was behind the bush on the extreme right of the photo. Also behind the photo to the left was a railway-served jam factory. [3]

The station was built in Carr Vale and was one of only two places on the LD&ECR where a level crossing was necessary, [4] the other being Skellingthorpe. [5] [6] To the west was Doe Lea Viaduct and to the east was a 300-foot-high (91 m) limestone ridge through which it was necessary to drive the notorious Bolsover Tunnel. To the east of this was the next station at Scarcliffe.

The station architecture was in the company's characteristic modular style [7] [8] with much glazing [9] as were, for example, Arkwright Town, Edwinstowe and Ollerton.

1912 was a notable year for Bolsover South, with flash floods on 27 July [10] [11] and 26 August. [12] [13]

Preceding stationDisused railwaysFollowing station
Arkwright Town
Line and station closed		  Great Central Railway
Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway 		  Scarcliffe
Line and station closed

References

  1. ↑ Butt 1995, p. 38.
  2. ↑ Bolsover Tunnel via Forgotten Relics
  3. ↑ Booth 2013, p. 22.
  4. ↑ Bolsover South level crossing via Picture the Past
  5. ↑ Cupit & Taylor 1984, p. 16.
  6. ↑ Haigh 1994, p. 102.
  7. ↑ DVD 2005, 31 to 32 minutes from the start.
  8. ↑ Booth 2013, pp. 21–22.
  9. ↑ anon. 2011, pp. 44–5.
  10. ↑ Haigh 1985, p. 11.
  11. ↑ Haigh 1994, p. 96.
  12. ↑ Haigh 1994, p. 104.
  13. ↑ Bolsover South & Carr Vale History via Old Miner Archived 16 June 2013 at archive.today

Sources

  • Booth, Chris (2013). The Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway A pictorial view of the "Dukeries Route" and branches. Blurb. 06715029.
  • 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.
  • Cupit, J.; Taylor, W. (1984) [1966]. The Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway. Oakwood Library of Railway History (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oakwood Press. ISBN   978-0-85361-302-2. OL19.
  • DVD (2005). The Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway - Memories of a Lost Route. Chesterfield: Terminus Publications. DVD, stills with commentary, 60 mins.
  • Haigh, Bernard (1985). Bolsover Remembered. Bernard Haigh. OCLC   504569461.
  • Haigh, Bernard (1994). The Old Photographs Series: Around Bolsover. Chalford: Chalford Publishing Co. Ltd. ISBN   978-0-7524-0021-1.
  • Hurst, Geoffrey (1987). The Midland Railway Around Nottinghamshire, Volume 1. Worksop: Milepost Publications. ISBN   978-0-947796-05-1.
  • Kaye, A.R. (1988). North Midland and Peak District Railways in the Steam Age, Volume 2. Chesterfield: Lowlander Publications. ISBN   978-0-946930-09-8.
  • Anonymous (March 2011). Gellatly, Bob (ed.). "Readers' forum". Forward. 167. North Anston: Bob Gellatly for the Great Central Railway Society. ISSN   0141-4488.

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