Langley Mill (Branch) railway station
| Langley Mill | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Langley Mill |
| Area | Amber Valley |
| Coordinates | 53°01′04″N 1°19′53″W / 53.0177°N 1.3315°WCoordinates: 53°01′04″N 1°19′53″W / 53.0177°N 1.3315°W |
| Operations | |
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| History | |
| 1 October 1895 | Station opens |
| 1 January 1917 | closed |
| 3 May 1920 | reopened |
| 4 May 1926 | Station closes |
| 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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See also Langley Mill railway station
Langley Mill railway station was a railway station which served the town of Langley Mill in Derbyshire, England. It was opened in 1895 by the Midland Railway on its branch between Heanor Junction on the Erewash Valley Line and Ripley.
There was already a station on the Erewash Line, known as Langley Mill and Eastwood (as well as a Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) station called Eastwood and Langley Mill).
These opened in 1847 and 1876 respectively. Because this branch station had no passenger connection to the earlier one, it was regarded by the railway as a separate station and was even shown as such on Ordnance Survey maps even though the platforms were adjacent.
The line came into being as competition for the GNR's branch. It was completed as far as Heanor by 1890, but took another five years to reach Langley Mill where it joined a line called the Heanor Goods Branch which actually connected to a Butterley Company line to a group of collieries around Heanor. It then passed along a short tightly curved spur to reach the platform with its own waiting room and toilet. A runaround loop was provided but no means for turning.
The line had been built for colliery traffic and passengers were an incidental, so only a shuttle was considered necessary. However, some trains ran between Nottingham and Ambergate or Chesterfield. One particularly complex service ran from Nottingham through Basford and Kimberley to Ilkeston Town, then via Langley Mill through Ripley and Butterley to Chesterfield.
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