Upperthorpe and Killamarsh railway station

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Upperthorpe and Killamarsh
Site of Upperthorpe & Killamarsh Station (geograph 2797557).jpg
General information
Location Killamarsh and Upperthorpe, North East Derbyshire
England
Grid reference SK 449 807
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company LD&ECR
Pre-grouping Great Central Railway
Post-grouping LNER
British Railways
Key dates
1 October 1898Opened as "Killamarsh"
1 January 1907Renamed "Upperthorpe and Killamarsh" [1] [2]
7 July 1930Closed [3]

Upperthorpe and Killamarsh was a railway station serving the town of Killamarsh and the village of Upperthorpe in Derbyshire, England. It was one of three stations serving Killamarsh. The station was on the Sheffield District Railway which ran between Sheffield Victoria and Shirebrook North on the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railways network of lines in the region.

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History

Opening and operation

The station was opened on the Beighton Branch of the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway (LD&ECR) in 1898. The LD&ECR wished to extend into Sheffield using the MS&LR's lines but was rebuffed, and instead joined the Midland's line at Beighton Junction. From there it went on to join the Sheffield District Railway at Treeton Junction and thereby gain access to goods traffic in central Sheffield and to the Midland Railway's Sheffield station.

Closure

The station closed in 1930. The line itself closed to stopping passenger services on the outbreak of World War II in 1939. [4] In the late 1980s the station site was home to a short-lived railway preservation attempt known as the Rother Valley Railway. This was formally abandoned in 1992, and the preservationists' energy and commitment were transferred to the Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway.

Today

The station fell into disuse after closure and the track on the line was completely lifted in the 1980s when the nearby Westthorpe Colliery closed. The Station Master's house on Field Lane is now a private dwelling and has no connection to the old platforms, which themselves have been demolished along with any other traces of the station. The cutting of the old line is now very overgrown and neglected with refuse; many efforts have been made to restrict access to the site through the use of fences.

Sheffield District Railway and connecting lines Shefdist.jpg
Sheffield District Railway and connecting lines
LD&ECR and Sheffield District Railway LDECR.jpg
LD&ECR and Sheffield District Railway
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Woodhouse Mill
Line and station closed		  Great Central Railway
Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway 		  Spinkhill
Line and station closed

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References

Notes

  1. ↑ "Minute No. 6208". Minutes of Meeting of the Superintendents' Conference (Report). London: Railway Clearing House. 23 January 1907. (Unpublished).
  2. ↑ Dow 1965, p. 111.
  3. ↑ Butt 1995.
  4. ↑ Cupit & Taylor 1984, p. 39.

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Coordinates: 53°19′17″N1°19′38″W / 53.32139°N 1.32722°W / 53.32139; -1.32722


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