Renishaw_Central_railway_station

Renishaw Central railway station

Renishaw Central railway station

Former railway station in Derbyshire, England

Renishaw Central is a former railway station in Renishaw, Derbyshire, England.

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From its opening the station was named Eckington and Renishaw, but it was renamed "Renishaw Central" in 1950 by British Railways to prevent confusion with the nearby ex-Midland Railway station, also called Eckington and Renishaw.

The station was on the Great Central Main Line which ran between London Marylebone and Manchester Piccadilly via Sheffield Victoria. It had two platforms with wooden waiting rooms and canopies and a wooden ticket office on an overbridge at the southern end.[3]

The station was the junction for a Great Central branch to Renishaw Ironworks. A Midland branch to the ironworks passed under the platforms. There was also a branch to Renishaw Park colliery.

Modern times

The station has been demolished,[4] but the trackbed forms part of the Central Section of the Trans Pennine Trail.

More information Preceding station, Disused railways ...

References

  1. [1]
    Dow 1962, p. 232.
  2. [2]
    Butt 1995, p. 89.
  3. [3]
    Grainger 2002, pp. 9 & 85-96.
  4. [4]
    Kingscott 2007, p. 91.

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.
  • Dow, George (1962). Great Central, Volume Two Dominion of Watkin 1864-1899. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-1469-5. OCLC 655324061.
  • Grainger, Ken (2002). Sheffield Victoria to Chesterfield Central, The "Derbyshire Lines" of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Part 1. Bredbury: Foxline Limited. ISBN 978-1-870119-83-2.
  • Kingscott, Geoffrey (2007). Lost Railways of Derbyshire. Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books. ISBN 978-1-84674-042-8.

Further reading

  • Deacon, Nick (May 2017). "Renishaw Ironworks, History and Development". Railway Bylines. 22 (6). Clophill: Irwell Press. ISSN 1360-2098.
  • Lines, Vic (June 2017). Bob; Gellatly (eds.). "Traffic at Renishaw Central". Forward. 192. North Anston: Great Central Railway Society. ISSN 0141-4488.


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