Pye Hill and Somercotes railway station

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Pye Hill and Somercotes
Location Pye Hill, Ashfield
England
Coordinates 53°04′11″N1°20′22″W / 53.0696°N 1.3394°W / 53.0696; -1.3394 Coordinates: 53°04′11″N1°20′22″W / 53.0696°N 1.3394°W / 53.0696; -1.3394
Grid reference SK443527
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Great Northern Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Northern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
24 March 1877Station opened as Pye Hill
8 January 1906Renamed Pye Hill and Somercotes
7 January 1963Station closed [1]

Pye Hill and Somercotes railway station was a railway station on the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) on its Derbyshire Extension on the branch between Kimberley and Pinxton. [2] It served the villages of Pye Hill and Somercotes.

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The station was opened by the Great Northern Railway on 24 March 1877, and was originally named Pye Hill; it was renamed Pye Hill and Somercotes on 8 January 1906, and closed on 7 January 1963. [1] The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.

Route

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Codnor Park and Selston   Great Northern Railway
GNR Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension
Pinxton Branch
  Pinxton South

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References

  1. 1 2 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 192. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.
  2. Higginson, M., (1989) The Friargate Line:Derby and the Great Northern Railway, Derby: Golden Pingle Publishing