Pye Bridge railway station

Pye Bridge
General information
Location	Pye Bridge, Alfreton England
Coordinates	53°04′11″N1°20′30″W / 53.0697°N 1.3418°W / 53.0697; -1.3418
Grid reference	SK442527
Platforms	4
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 December 1851 (1851-12-01)	Opened as Pye Bridge for Alfreton
May 1862	Renamed Pye Bridge
2 January 1967 (1967-01-02)	Closed
Location

Pye Bridge railway station served the village of Pye Bridge, Derbyshire, England from 1851 to 1967 on the Erewash Valley Line.

History

The station opened as Pye Bridge for Alfreton on 1 December 1851 by the Midland Railway. It was renamed Pye Bridge in May 1862. Local passenger services on the Ambergate-Pye Bridge line were stopped on 16 June 1947 and the station closed to both passengers from the Erewash Valley Line and goods traffic on 2 January 1967. ^{[1] [2]}

Stationmasters

• James Slater Ball ca. 1853
• John Waterson until 1862 ^[3]
• D. Beattie 1862 - 1863 ^[4]
• W.J. Jacques from 1863 ^[4]
• Herbert T. Brown until 1870 ^[5]
• H.P. Jeffries until 1873 ^[6]
• James Beebe 1873 - 1905 ^[7] (formerly station master at Hathern)
• William Frederick Best 1905 ^[7] - 1921 ^[8] (formerly station master at Codnor Park)
• Frank G. Sugars 1921 ^[9] - 1927 ^[10] (formerly station master at Shefford, afterwards station master at Newark)
• C.V. Bunker 1927 - 1936 ^[11] (afterwards station master at Rushden)
• John Hitchens from 1937 ^[12] (formerly station master at Codnor Park)
• W.A. Bamford ca. 1955

References

1. M E Quick, Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology, The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 334
2. Historic England. "Pye Bridge Station (509022)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 5 June 2017.
3. "1859-1866". Midland Railway Miscellaneous Depts: 140. 1914. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
4. "1859-1866". Midland Railway Miscellaneous Depts: 188. 1914. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
5. "Riddings" . Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. England. 8 October 1870. Retrieved 23 February 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 410. 1871. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
7. "1899-1908 Coaching; Piece 1026". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 454. 1899. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
8. "Over Half-a-Century on the Midland Railway" . Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 1 April 1921. Retrieved 23 February 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "Pye Bridge" . Ripley and Heanor News and Ilkeston Division Free Press. England. 25 November 1921. Retrieved 23 February 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
10. "Principally Personal" . Biggleswade Chronicle. England. 12 August 1927. Retrieved 23 February 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
11. "Rushden" . Northampton Mercury. England. 27 March 1936. Retrieved 23 February 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
12. "Codnor Park to Pye Bridge" . Nottingham Journal. England. 27 January 1937. Retrieved 23 February 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Alfreton		Midland Railway Erewash Valley Line		Codnor Park and Ironville Line open, station closed
Codnor Park and Ironville		Midland Railway Mansfield & Pinxton Railway		Pinxton and Selston
Disused railways
Terminus		Midland Railway Ambergate-Pye Bridge line		Butterley Line closed, station open