Chesterfield Central railway station
Chesterfield Central | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Location | Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England |
| Platforms | 2[1] |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 4 June 1892 | Opened |
| 1 November 1907 | renamed Chesterfield Central |
| 4 March 1963 | Closed[2] |
Chesterfield Central was a railway station serving the town of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.
History
[edit]The station was on the Great Central (GCR) Chesterfield Loop which ran between Staveley Central and Heath Junction (just north of Heath railway station) on the Great Central Main Line. The station opened in 1892 and was closed in 1963. Although the official closing date was 4 March 1963, the last passenger train to use the station did so on 15 June, when 'Flying Scotsman' stopped there during a Railway Preservation Society tour from Sheffield Victoria to Marylebone. It remained open for goods traffic until 11 September, and a private siding continued in use after that.[3][2]
Compared to nearby Chesterfield Midland, the station was little used. The number of passengers using the station during the week ending 19 August 1961 was 1,829, whereas Midland station was used by 22,285 passengers in the same week, over twelve times as many.[3]
The station was demolished by 1973 to make way for Chesterfield's inner-relief road, much of which was built along the former trackbed of the GCR. This dual-carriageway now forms part of the A61 road. The 410-yard (370 m) tunnel immediately to the south of the station, which ran from Brewery Street to Hollis Lane, remains in place, sealed at its northern end due to the road construction[3][4]
See also
[edit]Chesterfield was, at one time, served by three railway stations. The other two are:
- Chesterfield Midland station (still in use)
- Chesterfield Market Place station
References
[edit]- ^ Cowlishaw 2006, p. 73.
- ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 59.
- ^ a b c Catford 2017.
- ^ Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 map, 1918
Sources
[edit]- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7.
- Catford, Nick (17 May 2017). "Chesterfield Central". Disused Stations. Archived from the original on 15 July 2021.
- Cowlishaw, John (2006). British Railways in and Around the Midlands 1953-57. Nottingham: Book Law Publications. ISBN 978-1-901945-47-8.
External links
[edit]- Photographs of Central Station
- Site of the former Central Station, on what is now the A61 Inner-Relief road, looking south in 2008, Photo by Nick Catford
- The station in 1950 Britain from Above (free login needed to zoom)
53°14′20.2″N 1°25′24.8″W / 53.238944°N 1.423556°W
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Grassmoor | Great Central Railway Derbyshire Lines |
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- Buildings and structures destroyed in 1973
- Disused railway stations in Derbyshire
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