Spinkhill railway station

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General information
Location Spinkhill, North East Derbyshire
England
Platforms2 (reduced to 1 in later years)
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company LD&ECR
Pre-grouping Great Central Railway
Post-grouping LNER
British Railways
Key dates
1 October 1898 [1] Opened
11 September 1939 [2] scheduled services end
after 1958Closed completely
LD&ECR and Sheffield District Railway LDECR.jpg
LD&ECR and Sheffield District Railway

Spinkhill railway station is a disused railway station in Spinkhill, Derbyshire, England.

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History

The station was built by the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway on their Beighton Branch, within sight of the northern portal of Spinkhill Tunnel. It opened in 1898 and closed to regular timetabled passenger traffic in 1939, though start and end of term special trains for pupils at the nearby Mount St Mary's College [3] continued for some years thereafter. [4]

The line through the station was closed as a through route on 9 January 1967 [5] but trains continued to serve the nearby Westthorpe Colliery until it closed in 1984. This involved using the former running lines and the sidings behind the station house.

Modern times

The humpback bridge over the trackbed between the station and the tunnel survives, as does the station house, which is now a private residence. The tunnel can still be discerned but is now overgrown. The track through the station site and tunnel was lifted after the closure of the line when the colliery closed.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Upperthorpe and Killamarsh
Line and station closed		  Great Central Railway
Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway 		  Clowne South
Line and station closed

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References

Notes

Sources

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  • Little, Lawson (1995). Langwith Junction, the Life and Times of a Railway Village. Newark-upon-Trent: Vesper Publications. ISBN   978-0-9526171-0-5.

Coordinates: 53°18′26″N1°18′57″W / 53.3072°N 1.3159°W / 53.3072; -1.3159


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