Area Chesterfield 1 October 1861 Station opened Platforms in use 2 | Grid reference SK 401 750 Original company Midland Railway | |
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway 9 June 1873 Replaced by new station further north 4 February 1952 Closed to regular services Similar Barrow Hill railway station, Heanor (GNR) railway st, Heanor (MR) railway st, Long Eaton (MCR) railway st, Kilburn railway station | ||
Whittington railway station is a former railway station on the southern edge of New Whittington, Derbyshire, England.
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History
The original Whittington station was opened by the Midland Railway in 1861 to serve Old Whittington.
The station was on the North Midland Railway's "Old Road" between Chesterfield and Rotherham Masborough. The line opened in 1840 and became very busy with coal and steel traffic with a number of new branches. In 1870 the Midland opened the "New Road" through Sheffield from Tapton Junction just north of Chesterfield, diverting passenger expresses away from the Old Road.
The line through Whittington remained busy with local passengers, particularly with the rapidly expanding industry. The original station was replaced with a station 1.5 miles (2 km) further north in 1873. This 1873 station was the final Whittington station in the area.
The buildings were constructed of timber, as was the signal box, with loops to each line. For a period around 1938 there was a wagon works nearby, with a small siding.
The last regular passenger trains called on 4 February 1952, though it was used for excursions and special trains until 1967.
Passenger services
In 1922 passenger services calling at Whittington were at their most intensive, with trains serving four destinations via five overlapping routes:
Modern traffic
The line is now part of the current Midland Main Line. It is used predomenantly for freight, with a handful of passenger trains going the "long way round" from Chesterfield to Sheffield via the Old Road and Darnall largely to retain staff route knowledge in case of diversions.