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Norbury and Ellaston railway station

Coordinates: 52°58′40″N 1°49′07″W / 52.9779°N 1.8187°W / 52.9779; -1.8187
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Norbury
General information
LocationDerbyshire Dales
Owned byLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Line(s)North Staffordshire Railway
Key dates
31 May 1852Station opened
November 1901renamed Norbury and Ellastone
2 April 1923renamed Norbury and Ellaston
1 November 1954regular services end
c. April 1958Station closed[1]

Norbury and Ellaston railway station was opened in 1852 by the North Staffordshire Railway at Norbury grid reference SK122422 south of Ashbourne, Derbyshire.[2]

(There is a later Norbury station originally opened in Surrey by the LB&SCR in 1868)

It was on a branch from Rocester to Ashbourne and in 1899 it was met by the Ashbourne Line built by the London and North Western Railway from Buxton.

Passenger services finished in 1954 and freight ended in 1956

Route

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

See also

References

  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. ^ Bentley, J.M., Fox, G.K., (1997) Railways of the High Peak: Buxton to Ashbourne (Scenes From The Past series 32), Romiley: Foxline Publishing

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