Clowne South railway station

Clowne South
The station building in 1983
Location
Place	Clowne
Area	Bolsover
Grid reference	SK 492 757
Operations
Original company	LD&ECR
Pre-grouping	Great Central Railway
Post-grouping	LNER British Railways
Platforms	2
History
8 March 1897	Opened as Clown
10 September 1939	Regular passenger services ceased
c. 1951	renamed Clowne South
c. April 1964	Station closed completely
9 January 1967	Line closed completely
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Clowne South railway station is a former railway station in Clowne, Derbyshire, England.

The station was opened by the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway on its Beighton Branch in March 1897 as "Clown". It was closed to regular timetabled passenger traffic in September 1939 although Summer Weekend excursions continued until 1964. At least one fine photograph of such a train for Skegness appears in print.

Whilst the above-tracks station building was unique on the LD&ECR the Stationmaster's House was styled in the company's distinctive architecture.

The station was close to the Clowne and Barlborough station of the Midland Railway (MR), which was about 40 yards to the north on a parallel track. Both the MR line through Clowne and Barlborough station and the LD&ECR line through Clowne South continued westwards under adjacent road bridges then through deep cuttings, which ran parallel for several hundred yards. The MR line then went downhill and the LD&ECR went uphill, enabling it to swing northwest and cross the Midland line near the branch to Barlborough Colliery. After this it dropped steeply to the Rother valley via Spinkhill Tunnel. The line through Clowne South was closed to all traffic on 9 January 1967 when a new connection to what is now the Robin Hood Line was opened south of Creswell. This also allowed the line to be severed near Barlborough in connection with the northern extension of the M1 motorway. All tracks through the station were subsequently lifted. This change is shown in the route diagrams associated with the Beighton Branch article.

Clowne South's booking hall was substantial and stood on top of the bridge straddling the two tracks, with ramps down to the two platforms. The station had a substantial goods shed.