Area Bolsover Post-grouping LNER
British Railways 11 September 1939 scheduled services end | Pre-grouping Great Central Railway 1 October 1898 Opened after 1958 Closed completely | |
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Original company Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway Platforms in use 2 (reduced to 1 in later years) Similar Creswell and Welbeck r, Clowne South railway st, Arkwright Town railway st, Bolsover South railway st, Heanor (GNR) railway st | ||
Spinkhill railway station is a former railway station in Spinkhill, Derbyshire, England.
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History
The station was built by the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway on their Beighton Branch, within sight of the northern portal of Spinkhill Tunnel. It opened in 1898 and closed to regular timetabled passenger traffic in 1939, though start and end of term special trains for pupils at the nearby Mount St Mary's College continued for some years thereafter.
The line through the station was closed as a through route on 9 January 1967 but trains continued to serve the nearby Westthorpe Colliery until it closed in 1984. This involved using the former running lines and the sidings behind the station house.
All tracks were lifted after closure.
Modern times
The humpback bridge over the trackbed between the station and the tunnel survives, as does the station house, which has been a private residence for many years. At 20 July 2013 the station and station house were almost entirely obscured by trees and the tunnel mouth completely so.