Norbury and Ellaston railway station

Norbury and Ellaston
Norbury and Ellaston
General information
Location	Derbyshire Dales; England
Grid reference	SK122422
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Pre-grouping	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway; British Railways;
Key dates
31 May 1852	Station opened as Norbury
November 1901	renamed Norbury and Ellastone
2 April 1923	renamed Norbury and Ellaston
1 November 1954	regular services passenger services end
c. April 1958	Station closed

Norbury and Ellaston railway station was on a branch of the North Staffordshire Railway between Rocester and Ashbourne. The station, which had a waiting room, ticket office, and stationmaster's office, and two side platforms, opened at Norbury, Derbyshire in 1852.^[2]

In 1899 the line was joined with the Ashbourne Line built by the London and North Western Railway from Buxton.

Regular passenger services ended in 1954, freight finished in 1956. Occasional excursion trains and specials continued to use the station until it was officially closed in 1958. The line closed in 1963 and the track lifted.

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Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Clifton Mayfield		North Staffordshire Railway Ashbourne Line		Rocester

References[edit]

^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens.
^ Bentley, J.M. and Fox, G.K. (1997). Railways of the High Peak: Buxton to Ashbourne: Scenes From The Past. 32. Romiley: Foxline Publishing.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

52°58′40″N 1°49′07″W / 52.9779°N 1.8187°W / 52.9779; -1.8187

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[1] Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens.

[2] Bentley, J.M. and Fox, G.K. (1997). Railways of the High Peak: Buxton to Ashbourne: Scenes From The Past. 32. Romiley: Foxline Publishing.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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v t e Closed railway stations in Derbyshire
Ashbourne line	Higher Buxton Hartington Alsop en le Dale Tissington Thorpe Cloud Ashbourne Clifton (Mayfield) Norbury and Ellaston
Cromford and High Peak Railway	Shallcross Ladmanlow Hindlow Dowlow Halt Hurdlow Parsley Hay Hopton Top Wharf Steeplehouse Cromford (C&HPR)
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Jcn Rly	Buxton (Midland) Peak Forest Millers Dale Monsal Dale Longstone Great Longstone for Ashford Hassop Bakewell Rowsley
Sheffield & Midland C'ttee	Birch Vale Hayfield
Woodhead line	Crowden Woodhead
Ashover Light Railway	Ashover Butts Salter Lane Fallgate Milltown Dale Bank Woolley Hurst Lane Stretton Clay Lane Springfield (Derbyshire) Holmgate Chesterfield Road Claycross and Egstow
North Midland Railway	Eckington and Renishaw Barrow Hill Whittington Clay Cross Stretton Wingfield Derby Nottingham Road
Derbyshire and Staffordshire extension	Egginton Junction Etwall Mickleover Derby Friargate Breadsall West Hallam Ilkeston North Heanor (GNR) Marlpool
Ripley and Heanor branch lines	Ripley Denby Kilburn Coxbench Little Eaton Crosshill and Codnor Heanor (MR) Langley Mill (Branch)
Melbourne line	Sinfin North Sinfin Central Chellaston and Swarkestone Melbourne
Castle Donington line	Weston on Trent Castle Donington and Shardlow
Midland Counties Railway	Borrowash Draycott and Breaston Sawley Long Eaton (MCR)
Erewash Valley line	Doe Hill Westhouses and Blackwell Pye Bridge Codnor Park and Ironville Shipley Gate Ilkeston Town Ilkeston Junction and Cossall Trowell Stanton Gate Stapleford and Sandiacre Long Eaton (1847-1863) Long Eaton (1863-1967) Trent
Pinxton branch line	Eastwood and Langley Mill
Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway	Chesterfield Market Place Arkwright Town Bolsover South Scarcliffe Shirebrook North Upperthorpe and Killamarsh Spinkhill Clowne South Creswell and Welbeck
GCR Main Line and Chesterfield loop	Chesterfield Central Sheepbridge and Brimington Staveley Works Grassmoor Staveley Central Killamarsh Central Renishaw Central Heath Pilsley Tibshelf Town
Clowne and Doe Lea branches	Staveley Town Clowne and Barlborough Bolsover Castle Palterton and Sutton Glapwell Rowthorn and Hardwick
Other	Buxworth Chapel-en-le-Frith Central Egginton Fairfield Halt Gresley Ramsline Halt Hazelwood Pinxton and Selston Sheepbridge Swadlincote Tibshelf & Newton Whiteborough Woodville (Derbyshire) Unstone

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