Upperthorpe and Killamarsh railway station

Upperthorpe and Killamarsh
General information
LocationKillamarsh and Upperthorpe, North East Derbyshire,
England
Grid referenceSK 449 807
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLD&ECR
Pre-groupingGreat Central Railway
Post-groupingLNER,
British Railways
Key dates
1 October 1898Opened as Killamarsh
1 January 1907Renamed Upperthorpe and Killamarsh[1][2]
7 July 1930Closed[3]
Location

Upperthorpe and Killamarsh was a railway station that served the villages of Killamarsh and Upperthorpe, in Derbyshire, England. It was one of three stations serving Killamarsh. The station was on the Sheffield District Railway, which ran between Sheffield Victoria and Shirebrook North on the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway's network of lines in the region.

Killamarsh stations

Three stations served the village, all of which were originally named Killamarsh upon their opening:

History

Opening and operation

The station was opened on the Beighton Branch of the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway (LD&ECR) in 1898. The LD&ECR wished to extend into Sheffield using the MS&LR's lines, but was rebuffed; instead, it joined the Midland's line at Beighton Junction. From there, it went on to join the Sheffield District Railway at Treeton Junction and thereby gain access to goods traffic in central Sheffield and to the Midland Railway's Sheffield station.


Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Woodhouse Mill
Line and station closed 		  Great Central Railway
Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway 		  Spinkhill
Line and station closed

Closure

The station closed in 1930. The line itself closed to stopping passenger services on the outbreak of World War II in 1939.[4] In the late 1980s, the station site was home to a short-lived railway preservation attempt known as the Rother Valley Railway. This was formally abandoned in 1992; the preservationists' energy and commitment were transferred to the Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway.

Rother Valley Railway

From 1988 until the early 1990s, another Rother Valley Railway had a brief existence on the site of Upperthorpe and Killamarsh station. The line had three locomotives on loan, a five-ton steam crane and a membership of over eighty.[5] Although the line featured in a two-page article in The Railway Magazine in 1990, little seems to have happened and the society faded away.[6][7]

After many years details have been published stating that the society was unable to gain agreement with the necessary local authorities, so was unable to proceed. They sought another opportunity elsewhere, which they found by taking over Cleethorpes Council's struggling miniature railway, turning it into the Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway in 1991. That "Rother Valley Railway Limited" was formally dissolved on 9 June 1992.[8]

The site today

The station fell into disuse after closure and the track on the line was completely lifted in the 1980s when the nearby Westthorpe Colliery closed. The Station Master's house on Field Lane is now a private dwelling and has no connection to the old platforms, which themselves have been demolished along with any other traces of the station. The cutting of the old line is now very overgrown and neglected with refuse; many efforts have been made to restrict access to the site through the use of fences.

References

Citations

  1. ^ "Minute No. 6208". Minutes of Meeting of the Superintendents' Conference (Report). London: Railway Clearing House. 23 January 1907. (Unpublished).
  2. ^ Dow 1985, p. 111.
  3. ^ Butt 1995.
  4. ^ Cupit & Taylor 1984, p. 39.
  5. ^ Hill, Peter (June 1990). Kelly, Peter (ed.). "Revival in the Rother Valley". The Railway Magazine. Vol. 136, no. 1070. Cheam, Surrey: IPC Magazines Limited. pp. 398–9.
  6. ^ Booth, Chris (2013). The Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway A pictorial view of the "Dukeries Route" and branches. Blurb. p. 52. 06715029.
  7. ^ Booth, Chris (2017). The Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway Chesterfield to Langwith Junction, The Beighton Branch and Sheffield District Railway. Fonthill. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-78155-628-3.
  8. ^ Scott, Peter (2015). A History of the Cleethorpes Miniature Railway: The Story of the Seaside Miniature Railway, from Opening in 1948 to the Present Day Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway, Including the Railways at Wonderland & Pleasure Island. Reading, Berkshire: P Scott. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-1-902368-41-2. Minor Railway Histories No.7.

Sources

Further reading

  • Booth, Chris (2013). The Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway A pictorial view of the Dukeries Route and branches. Blurb. ISBN 978-1-78155-660-3. 06715029.
  • Little, Lawson (1995). Langwith Junction, the Life and Times of a Railway Village. Newark-upon-Trent: Vesper Publications. ISBN 978-0-9526171-0-5.

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