Area Chesterfield Post-grouping LMSR
British Railways Original company Midland Railway | Grid reference SK 467 691 1 September 1890 opened Platforms in use 1 | |
Place Between Palterton and Sutton Scarsdale 28 July 1930 Passenger service withdrawn Similar Long Eaton (MCR) railway st, Crosshill and Codnor r, Kilburn railway station, Denby railway station, Heanor (MR) railway st | ||
Palterton and Sutton is a former railway station between Palterton and Sutton Scarsdale, east of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.
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The station was built by the Midland Railway on the circuitous Barrow Hill to Pleasley West line known as the Doe Lea Branch, because it ran for much of its length along the valley of the River Doe Lea.
History
The station was opened without ceremony on 1 September 1890 as "Palterton and Sutton". It initially provided a service of three trains each way between Mansfield and Chesterfield, taking about an hour from end to end.
The line was single track between Seymour Junction and Pleasley West. Accordingly, the station had a single platform.
Normal passenger traffic along the Doe Lea Branch dwindled over the years and finally ceased on 28 July 1930. The last steam train to use the line was an enthusiasts' special on 16 October 1965. This train also traversed the Clowne Branch.
When Glapwell Colliery closed in 1974 the line South of Bolsover Castle station became redundant, though it was not lifted until 1978. The station has been demolished.
The trackbed through the station South from Bolsover Castle through the site of Palterton and Sutton station to the bottom of Rylah Hill between Palterton and M1 J29 is now a public bridleway known as The Stockley Trail.