Ashbourne railway station
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Ashbourne Station with Rail Tour
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| Location | |
| Place | Ashbourne |
| Area | Derbyshire Dales |
| Coordinates | 53°00′53″N 1°45′14″W / 53.0148°N 1.7538°WCoordinates: 53°00′53″N 1°45′14″W / 53.0148°N 1.7538°W |
| Grid reference | SK178464 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | North Staffordshire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | LNWR & North Staffordshire Railway Joint |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Platforms | 4 |
| History | |
| 31 May 1852 | NSR station opened |
| 4 August 1899 | Replaced by joint station |
| 1 November 1954 | Station closed to regular passenger traffic |
| 7 October 1963 | Station closed to all traffic |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Ashbourne railway station formerly served the town of Ashbourne in Derbyshire. There have been two stations in the town. The first, opened in 1852, was operated by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR); it was replaced in 1899 by a station at a new location, jointly operated by the NSR and the London and North Western Railway (LNWR). In 1923 the station passed into the ownership of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and in 1948 that of the London Midland Region of British Railways. It was finally closed to all traffic in 1963 (regular passenger services having been withdrawn in 1954).
The first station was opened in 1852 by the North Staffordshire Railway on its branch from Rocester on its Churnet Valley Line. This station was located on Clifton Road at grid reference SK 176 462 and had a single platform.
Most services ran to Uttoxeter although the NSR made arrangements with both the LNWR and the Midland Railway (MR) for services to London. From the 1880s the MR ran a direct through carriage each day from Ashbourne to St Pancras and return while in the 1890s the LNWR ran several trains per day to Nuneaton where passengers could make a single change of journey to Euston.
In 1861 the LNWR took over the Cromford and High Peak Railway and started consideration of an extension of the line from Parsley Hay to Ashbourne which once connected to the NSR line would give the LNWR a direct line between Buxton and London to rival the MR service.
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