Place Killamarsh Grid reference SK 448 809 Post-grouping LNER
British Railways Platforms in use 2 | Area North East Derbyshire Pre-grouping Great Central Railway 1 June 1892 Opened as "Killamarsh" | |
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Original company Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Similar Renishaw Central railway st, Staveley Central railway st, Chesterfield Central railway st, Staveley Works railway st, Heanor (GNR) railway st | ||
Killamarsh Central is a former railway station in Killamarsh, Derbyshire, England.
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Three stations served the village, all of which started as plain "Killamarsh":
History
The station was opened in 1892 by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway when it began to build south into Derbyshire.
Despite its name Killamarsh Central Station was on the western edge of Killamarsh as were all of the three stations in the village. It was renamed 'Central' because it was the centre of the three stations which served the village and also because it was on the old Great Central Main Line which ran between London Marylebone and Manchester via Sheffield Victoria.
The station opened on 1 June 1892 as Killamarsh. It was renamed Killamarsh Central by British Railways on 25 September 1950 and closed on 4 March 1963. It had two platforms with a building on each, a footbridge joined the two.
The buildings were used as a Film and TV prop emporium until the owner died in 2007. The buildings were still extant in 2009,October 2009 but were a burnt out shell by June 2010.
Modern times
The trackbed now forms part of the Trans Pennine Trail.
The West platform is still accessible despite being quite over grown, but the East platform is inaccessible due to a large mesh fence. The footbridge across the station remains open to the public including the stairway down to the West platform, to provide access to the Trans Pennine Trail from Station Road. The stairway to the East platform is blocked off.