Staveley Central railway station

Staveley Central was a railway station serving the town of Staveley, Derbyshire, England.

Staveley Central
Site of Staveley Central with Ireland Way now running along the site of the platforms and part of the Trans-Pennine Trail following the former trackbed.
General information
LocationStaveley, Chesterfield
England
Coordinates53°16′12″N 1°20′48″W / 53.27000°N 1.34667°W / 53.27000; -1.34667
Grid referenceSK435749
Platforms4
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMS&LR
Pre-groupingGreat Central Railway
Post-groupingLNER
British Railways
Key dates
1 June 1892Opened (Staveley Town)
25 September 1950Renamed (Staveley Central)
4 March 1963Closed to regular passenger traffic
1964Closed Completely to passenger traffic[1]
14 June 1965closed for freight [2]

History

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The station was on the Great Central Main Line which ran between London Marylebone and Manchester via Sheffield Victoria. It was opened on 1 June 1892[3] as Staveley Town and was renamed Staveley Central on 25 September 1950 by British Railways to reduce confusion with the ex-MR station, also called Staveley Town, which was about 250 yards away on the same street. The latter station was on the Barrow Hill to Clowne and Barrow Hill to Pleasley West lines. The renaming also reduced the likelihood of people confusing the station with that at Barrow Hill and Staveley Works, which was officially renamed Barrow Hill on 18 June 1951 to further differentiate the stations.

Staveley Central closed on 4 March 1963, but continued to serve summer weekend excursion traffic until the end of the 1964 season.

The station was the northern junction for the loop line to Chesterfield Central and so had four platforms.[4] The timber-built booking hall was on the Lowgates road overbridge[5] and there was a waiting room on each platform. The station was also the junction for branches to the Ireland, Hartington and Markham Collieries and at the south end was Staveley (G.C.) Engine Shed (shed code 38D and latterly 41H in BR days). This, too, was subject to confusion with the ex-MR "Staveley" engine shed over a mile away at Barrow Hill, which was coded 18D in BR days. Staveley ex-GC engine shed has been demolished but the ex-MR Barrow Hill Engine Shed survives as a railway engineering and preservation site.

The location of Staveley Central station has been turned into a road to linking to the M1 motorway junction 29A.

See also

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Four stations have had "Staveley" in their name at some point in their history:

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Butt 1995, p. 219.
  2. ^ "Disused Stations: Staveley Central Station".
  3. ^ Dow 1965, p. 232.
  4. ^ Grainger 2002, pp. 97–108.
  5. ^ Kaye 1988, p. 72.

Sources

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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Renishaw Central
Line and station closed
  Great Central Railway
Derbyshire Lines
  Heath
Line and station closed
    Staveley Works
Line and station closed