Place Staveley Grid reference SK435749 Post-grouping LNER
British Railways Platforms in use 4 | Area Chesterfield Pre-grouping Great Central Railway 1 June 1892 Opened (Staveley Town) | |
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Original company Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Similar Renishaw Central railway st, Chesterfield Central railway st, Killamarsh Central railway st, Staveley Works railway st, Barrow Hill railway station | ||
Staveley Central is a closed and demolished former railway station in Staveley, Derbyshire, England.
History
The station was on the Great Central Main Line which ran between London Marylebone and Manchester via Sheffield Victoria. It was opened on 1 June 1892 as Staveley Town and renamed Staveley Central on 25 September 1950 by British Railways to reduce confusion with the ex-MR station, also called Staveley Town, which was about 250 yards away on the same street. The MR station was on the Barrow Hill to Clowne and Barrow Hill to Pleasley West lines. The renaming also reduced the likelihood of people confusing the station with that at Barrow Hill, but that was normally referred to as Barrow Hill. Staveley Central closed on 4 March 1963, but continued to serve Summer weekend excursion traffic until the end of the 1964 season.
The station was the northern junction for the loop line to Chesterfield Central and so had four platforms. The timber-built booking hall was on the Lowgates road overbridge and there was a waiting room on each platform. The station was also the junction for branches to the Ireland, Hartington and Markham Collieries and at the south end was Staveley (G.C.) Engine Shed (shed code 38D and latterly 41H in BR days). This, too, was subject to confusion with the ex-MR "Staveley" engine shed over a mile away at Barrow Hill, which was coded 18D in BR days. Staveley ex-GC engine shed has been razed to the ground, but Barrow Hill Engine Shed has risen from the ashes as a significant railway engineering and preservation site.
The location of Staveley Central station has been turned into a new road to link to the M1 junction 29A.