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Upperthorpe and Killamarsh railway station

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Upperthorpe and Killamarsh
General information
LocationNorth East Derbyshire
Owned byLNER
British Railways
Managed byGreat Central Railway
Line(s)LD&ECR
Platforms2
Key dates
1 October 1898Opened as "Killamarsh"
1 January 1907renamed "Upperthorpe and Killamarsh"[1]
7 July 1930Closed[2]

Upperthorpe and Killamarsh is a former railway station in Killamarsh, north eastern Derbyshire, England.

See also

Three stations served the village, all of which started as plain "Killamarsh":

History

The station was opened on the Beighton Branch of the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway (LD&ECR) in 1898 and closed in 1930. The line itself closed to stopping passenger services on the outbreak of World War II in 1939.[3]

The LD&ECR wished to extend into Sheffield using the MS&LR's lines but was rebuffed, and instead joined the Midland's line at Beighton Junction. From there it went on to join the Sheffield District Railway at Treeton Junction and thereby gain access to goods traffic in central Sheffield and to the Midland Railway's Sheffield station.

Today

There is very little evidence of the station remaining today. The forecut which the railway ran through is still in existence and, despite being very overgrown, is fully accessible. The location of the station was directly north of the bridge over the former line which carries Field Lane, approximately a 10-minute walk from the former Central Station in Killamarsh

Sheffield District Railway and connecting lines
LD&ECR and Sheffield District Railway


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Woodhouse Mill
Line and station closed 		  Great Central Railway
Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway 		  Spinkhill
Line and station closed

References

Notes

  1. ^ Dow 1965, p. 111.
  2. ^ Butt 1995.
  3. ^ Cupit & Taylor 1984, p. 39.

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Cupit, J.; Taylor, W. (1984) [1966]. The Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway. Oakwood Library of Railway History (2nd ed.). Headington: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-302-8. OL19. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Dow, George (1965). Great Central, Volume Three: Fay Sets the Pace, 1900-1922. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0263-0. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

     


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