Idridgehay railway station

Idridgehay
Station on heritage railway
General information
LocationIdridgehay, Derbyshire
England
Coordinates53°02′08″N 1°34′09″W / 53.0356°N 1.5692°W / 53.0356; -1.5692
Grid referenceSK289487
Operated byEcclesbourne Valley Railway
Platforms1
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Key dates
1 October 1867Opened
16 June 1947Closed to passengers
2 March 1964Closed to goods
8 March 2008Reopened

Idridgehay railway station is a stop on the preserved Ecclesbourne Valley Railway, serving the village of Idridgehay, in Derbyshire, England. It was originally a station on a former Midland Railway line, which branches off the Midland Main Line at Duffield railway station.[1]

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History

Opened with other stations on the branch line to Wirksworth on 1 October 1867, it was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders.[2]

Idridgehay remained open until 16 June 1947, when the Wirksworth branch passenger service was withdrawn on a temporary basis in response to post-war fuel shortages. This was made permanent with effect from May 1949, when the line was removed from the summer timetable. Freight facilities remained rail-served until 2 March 1964, while the branch continued to be used for mineral traffic until December 1989.

The station has been restored as an operational station on the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway in Derbyshire. The station building and nearby former station master's house have been sold off to private ownership in recent years, but the platform has been restored by volunteer members of the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway Association; this culminated in its reopening to passenger trains in March 2008. The rebuilding of the adjacent level crossing with new gates and fencing was completed over the winter of 2007/8.

Stationmasters

  • Benjamin Tomlinson 1867 - 1884
  • Arthur G. Beeton 1884 - ca. 1908
  • H. Peat ca. 1911 - ca. 1914
  • G.W. Marple 1921 - 1936[3] (also station master at Shottle, afterwards station master at Wirksworth)
  • A.H. Webb 1936 - 1937[4] (also station master at Shottle)
  • A. Harrison 1937 - 1938 (also station master at Shottle, afterwards station master at Little Eaton)
  • W. Cooke 1938[5] - ???? (also station master at Shottle)

Services

The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway runs services between Duffield and Ravenstor, via Shottle and Wirksworth. Timetables vary daily during the year, with more services at weekends and school holidays; patterns include yellow, purple and green days.[6]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Shottle   Midland Railway
Wirksworth Branch 		  Wirksworth
Heritage Railways  Heritage railways
Shottle   Ecclesbourne Valley Railway   Wirksworth

See also

References

  1. ^ "Idridgehay Railway". Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
  2. ^ "Notes by the Way". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. British Newspaper Archive. 1 November 1884. Retrieved 12 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Made Station-Master at Wirksworth". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. England. 11 September 1936. Retrieved 16 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Shottle & Turnditch". Belper News. England. 25 June 1937. Retrieved 16 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Idridgehay Stationmaster". Derby Daily Telegraph. England. 30 December 1938. Retrieved 16 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Calendar and Timetable". Ecclesbourne Valley Railway (Wyvernrail plc). Retrieved 27 September 2024.