Spinkhill railway station

Spinkhill
Location
Area Bolsover
Operations
Original company LD&ECR
Pre-grouping Great Central Railway
Post-grouping LNER
British Railways
Platforms 2 (reduced to 1 in later years)
History
1 October 1898[1] Opened
11 September 1939[2] scheduled services end
after 1958 Closed completely
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Spinkhill railway station is a former railway station in Spinkhill, Derbyshire, England.

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.

All tracks were lifted after closure.

Modern times

The humpback bridge over the trackbed between the station and the tunnel survives, as does the station house, which has been a private residence for many years. At 20 July 2013 the station and station house were almost entirely obscured by trees and the tunnel mouth completely so.

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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Coordinates: 53°18′26″N 1°18′57″W / 53.3072°N 1.3159°W / 53.3072; -1.3159

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