Renishaw Central railway station

Renishaw Central
Station site in 1993.
General information
LocationRenishaw, North East Derbyshire
England
Coordinates53°17′54″N 1°20′04″W / 53.2983°N 1.3345°W / 53.2983; -1.3345
Grid referenceSK443781
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMS&LR
Pre-groupingGreat Central Railway
Post-groupingLNER
British Railways
Key dates
1 June 1892[1]Opened as Eckington & Renishaw
25 September 1950Renamed Renishaw Central
4 March 1963Closed for passengers[2]
14 June 1965Closed for freight

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

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.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Killamarsh Central
Line and station closed 		  Great Central Railway
Derbyshire Lines 		  Staveley Central
Line and station closed

References

  1. ^ Dow 1962, p. 232.
  2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 89.
  3. ^ Grainger 2002, pp. 9 & 85-96.
  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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