Westhouses and Blackwell railway station

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Westhouses and Blackwell
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A freight train at the station in 1957
General information
Location Westhouses, Derbyshire, England
England
Coordinates 53°07′02″N1°22′06″W / 53.117143°N 1.368375°W / 53.117143; -1.368375
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Midland Railway
Post-grouping LMSR
Key dates
17 October 1881Opened
1933Pleasley branch line closed to passengers
2 January 1967Station closed

Westhouses and Blackwell railway station is a former railway station in Westhouses, and Blackwell, Derbyshire on the Derbyshire border west of Mansfield. The line served as a junction for both the modern-day Erewash Valley Line and a branch line to Pleasley West.

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History

Not much is recorded about the station other than it was opened in 1881. The station building was of typical Midland Railway build and closed to passenger services to Pleasley in 1930. The station closed on 2 January 1967, [1] [2] and nothing remains of the station. The line remains open to services on the Erewash Valley Line. The branch to Pleasley is now the Silverhill Trail.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Alfreton   Erewash Valley Line
Midland Railway 		  Doe Hill
Tibshelf & Newton  Pleasley Branch
Midland Railway 		  Alfreton

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References

  1. ↑ Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 476. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
  2. ↑ 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. p. 245. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
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