Peartree railway station

Peartree
Peartree railway station
Location
Place	Pear Tree
Local authority	Derby City Council
Grid reference	SK356335
Operations
Station code	PEA
Managed by	East Midlands Trains
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2011/12	2,756
2012/13	3,234
2013/14	4,154
2014/15	4,700
2015/16	5,022
History
Original company	Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
12 August 1839	Opened as Pear Tree and Normanton
4 March 1968	Closed
4 October 1976	Reopened and renamed Peartree
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Peartree from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Peartree railway station is a railway station serving the areas of Pear Tree, Normanton and Osmaston in the city of Derby, England. It is one of three stations remaining open in the city (the others being the main Derby station and Spondon), and is situated about one mile south of Derby station on the main line to Birmingham. For a short period Derby - Birmingham local services called at Peartree, but it is now served by two trains each way on Mondays to Saturdays on the Crewe to Derby Line, a community rail line also known as the North Staffordshire line. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains (EMT) train operating company (TOC).

Originally called Pear Tree and Normanton, it was one of the original stations of the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway, opening on 12 August 1839. In 1868, a branch line to Melbourne was opened, diverging from the main line at Melbourne Junction immediately south of the station. This branch had been wholly closed to passenger traffic by 1930, and the diminished importance of Pear Tree and Normanton station as a result contributed to its closure on 4 March 1968.

On 4 October 1976, the branch line was partially reopened as far as Sinfin in order to transport workers to and from the Rolls-Royce plant there. As a result, the newly renamed Peartree station (note alternative spelling) was once again in use. Whereas Sinfin North was within Rolls-Royce property and hence accessible only to employees, Peartree and Sinfin Central had public access. Although the Sinfin branch was closed to passengers in 1998, Peartee has remained open as a result of its location on the main line. As a small suburban halt, main line services rarely stop here and the station is little used by passengers.