Creswell and Welbeck
Location of the station (1983)
General information
LocationBolsover
England
Grid referenceSK 518 739
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Central Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
British Railways
Key dates
1 June 1897Opened as Cresswell
1 September 1897renamed Creswell for Welbeck
10 September 1939Closed to passengers[1]
4 April 1950Signalbox abolished
LD&ECR and Sheffield District Railway

Creswell and Welbeck railway station used to serve the village of Creswell, in north eastern Derbyshire, England.

See also

Three stations have included a version of "Creswell" in their name:

  • Creswell and Welbeck, which is the subject of this article,
  • Creswell, formerly known as "Elmton & Creswell", which is on the same street as Creswell and Welbeck, and
  • Cresswell in Staffordshire

History

The station was opened by the LD&ECR on its Beighton Branch on 1 June 1897.[2] At first it was named simply "Cresswell" then "Creswell for Welbeck"[3] and later "Creswell and Welbeck". Locally it was known as "Top Station" to distinguish it from "Bottom Station" which was the ex-Midland Railway Elmton and Creswell station further down Elmton Road. The August 1939 Bradshaw continued to list the station as "Cresswell and Welbeck."[4]

The station had wooden platforms and appears from one of the rare photographs of the site to have been built of wood.[5] The characteristic and striking LD&ECR awnings closely resemble the Sheffield District Railway stations at Catcliffe and West Tinsley. The equally characteristic station lamps match those visible at Arkwright Town, among others.[6]

From Langwith Junction the line ran northwards parallel to the Midland Railway's Nottingham Midland to Worksop line for about two miles, then veered north west to Creswell. Curiously, "Elmton and Creswell" station was nearer Welbeck than "Creswell and Welbeck" station which was in turn nearer Elmton than "Elmton and Creswell".

The station closed to passengers in September 1939, and goods some time thereafter. The station signalbox, which had a Railway Signalling Company 28 lever frame, was abolished on 4 April 1950.[7]

The line through the site was closed completely in 1967 when it was diverted further South and severed further North in connection with building the M1 motorway. All tracks have since been lifted and the station demolished, though the characteristic LD&ECR stationmaster's house still stands, as can be seen on the accompanying photograph.

The line then climbed at 1 in 100 to Clowne South.

Stationmasters

  • Ephraim Russon 1897 - 1930[8]
  • Lewis Geradine 1930 - 1939[9] (formerly station master at Navenby)
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Clowne South
Line and station closed		   Great Central Railway
LD&ECR		   Shirebrook North
Line and station closed

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Butt 1995.
  2. ↑ Dow 1965, p. 161.
  3. ↑ Cupit & Taylor 1984, opposite p23.
  4. ↑ Booth 2013, p. 37.
  5. ↑ Booth 2013, page 41, bottom right.
  6. ↑ Little 2002, p. 34.
  7. ↑ Booth 2013, p. 41.
  8. ↑ "After 47 years. Creswell Station-Master Retiring". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. England. 4 October 1930. Retrieved 9 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Retirement of Creswell Railwayman". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. England. 6 October 1939. Retrieved 9 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.

Sources

     

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