Bolsover South railway station

Bolsover South
Location
Area Bolsover
Coordinates 53°13′30″N 1°18′06″W / 53.2251°N 1.3018°W / 53.2251; -1.3018Coordinates: 53°13′30″N 1°18′06″W / 53.2251°N 1.3018°W / 53.2251; -1.3018
Grid reference SK 467 700
Operations
Original company LD&ECR
Pre-grouping Great Central Railway
Post-grouping LNER
British Railways
Platforms 2
History
8 March 1897 Opened as Bolsover
25 September 1950 renamed Bolsover South
3 December 1951 Closed[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Bolsover South is a former railway station in Carr Vale, Bolsover, Derbyshire, England.

History

The station was opened by the LD&ECR in March 1897 as plain "Bolsover". It was closed to all traffic by British Railways in December 1951, primarily due to the prohibitive cost of repairing and maintaining Bolsover Tunnel.[2] Track lifting started immediately after closure and was completed within weeks, though the station building survived as an increasingly vandalised eyesore for some years. The photograph opposite shows the characteristic Station Master's house in 1963, the station itself was behind the bush on the extreme right of the photo. Also behind the photo to the left was a railway-served jam factory.[3]

The station was built in Carr Vale and was one of only two places on the LD&ECR where a level crossing was necessary,[4] the other being Skellingthorpe.[5][6] To the west was Doe Lea Viaduct and to the east was a 300-foot-high (91 m) limestone ridge through which it was necessary to drive the notorious Bolsover Tunnel. To the east of this was the next station at Scarcliffe.

The station architecture was in the company's characteristic modular style[7][8] with lots of glazing[9] as were, for example, Arkwright Town, Edwinstowe and Ollerton.

1912 was a notable year for Bolsover South, with flash floods on 27 July[10][11] and 26 August.[12][13]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Arkwright Town
Line and station closed		   Great Central Railway
Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway		   Scarcliffe
Line and station closed

References

Sources

  • Booth, Chris (2013). The Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway A pictorial view of the "Dukeries Route" and branches. Blurb. 06715029.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Cupit, J.; Taylor, W. (1984) [1966]. The Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway. Oakwood Library of Railway History (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-302-2. OL19.
  • DVD (2005). The Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway - Memories of a Lost Route. Chesterfield: Terminus Publications. DVD, stills with commentary, 60 mins.
  • Haigh, Bernard (1985). Bolsover Remembered. Bernard Haigh. OCLC 504569461.
  • Haigh, Bernard (1994). The Old Photographs Series: Around Bolsover. Chalford: Chalford Publishing Co. Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7524-0021-1.
  • Hurst, Geoffrey (1987). The Midland Railway Around Nottinghamshire, Volume 1. Worksop: Milepost Publications. ISBN 978-0-947796-05-1.
  • Kaye, A.R. (1988). North Midland and Peak District Railways in the Steam Age, Volume 2. Chesterfield: Lowlander Publications. ISBN 978-0-946930-09-8.
  • Anonymous (March 2011). Gellatly, Bob, ed. "Readers' forum". Forward. North Anston: Bob Gellatly for the Great Central Railway Society. 167. ISSN 0141-4488.

Further reading

  • Dow, George (1965). Great Central, Volume Three: Fay Sets the Pace, 1900–1922. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-0263-0. OCLC 500447049.
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