Hazelwood_railway_station
Hazelwood railway station
Former railway station in Derbyshire, England
Hazelwood Railway Station is a disused railway station on the Wirksworth branch of the Midland Railway. It served the village of Hazelwood.
Hazelwood | |
|---|---|
The station site in 2008 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Hazelwood, Amber Valley England |
| Coordinates | 53.0004°N 1.5250°W / 53.0004; -1.5250 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Midland Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 October 1867 | opened |
| 16 June 1947 | closed (passenger) |
The Midland Railway opened Hazelwood and other stations on the branch line to Wirksworth on 1 October 1867. The station was designed by the company architect John Holloway Sanders.[1]
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway temporarily withdrew Wirksworth branch passenger services from 16 June 1947 due to post-war fuel shortages. British Railways made this closure permanent from May 1949 when the line was removed from the summer timetable. The branch remained in use for mineral freight until December 1989.
The station building and yard were sold and are now the premises of a timber yard and sawmill. The platform has been removed.[2]
The line through the station is now operated as the heritage Ecclesbourne Valley Railway but there are no plans to reopen the station.
Stationmasters
- Anthony Swift 1867 - 1890
- H. Swift 1890 - 1929[3]
- G.W. Marple 1929 - 1931 (also station master at Shottle)[4]
In 1931 Hazelwood station was placed under the direct supervision of the Duffield station master.
The station was originally spelt Hazlewood in the 1867 Midland Railway timetable. The village itself was spelt Hazzlewood on an Ordnance Survey map of the time. It was subsequently spelt Hazelwood on timetables and station name boards.[5] The OS changed to the current spelling around 1920.
The Station is on Nether Lane north of the B5023 Wirksworth road, which is the main route from Duffield to Wirksworth and parallels the railway along the Ecclesbourne valley.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duffield | Midland Railway Wirksworth Branch |
Shottle | ||
- "Notes by the Way". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. British Newspaper Archive. 1 November 1884. Retrieved 12 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "A. Hingley & Son (Timber) Ltd - Contact us". Archived from the original on 13 August 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
- "Forty Years' Service". Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal. England. 24 May 1929. Retrieved 16 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Made Station-Master at Wirksworth". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. England. 11 September 1936. Retrieved 16 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Sprenger, Howard (2004). The Wirksworth Branch. London: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-625-6.
- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway official website
- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway Association official website
- Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 2660 The Duffield and Wirksworth Light Railway Order 1996 From legislation.gov.uk
- Wirksworth branch (British Railways in the 1960s Sectional Appendix Extract) (via The Internet Archive)