Killamarsh West railway station
| Killamarsh West | |
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| Passing the remains of Killamarsh West in 1957 | |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| History | |
| 6 April 1841 | Station opened as Killamarsh |
| 2 January 1843 | closed |
| 21 January 1873 | reopened |
| 25 September 1950 | renamed Killamarsh West |
| 1 February 1954 | Station closes[1] |
| 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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Killamarsh was a railway station in Killamarsh, Derbyshire.
The original station was opened by the North Midland Railway between Chesterfield and Masborough, on what became known as the "old road". It was closed in 1843 by George Hudson during a period of financial difficulty.
A new station was built by the Midland Railway in 1873. Although locally it seems to have been known as Killamarsh Midland, it would seem that the name was not officially adopted but it was renamed Killamarsh West by British Railways in 1950.[2]
It was of typical Midland design, brick built and timber, with a foot crossing between the platforms.
It closed in 1954. The line is now part of the current Midland Main Line.
There was another station in Killamarsh with the same name, in 1950 British Railways renamed it to Killamarsh Central to help prevent confusion. A third station, which closed in 1930, was Upperthorpe and Killamarsh, built by the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway.
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Coordinates: 53°19′36″N 1°19′50″W / 53.32667°N 1.33056°W
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