Breadsall railway station

Former railway station in Derbyshire, England

LocationBreadsall, Erewash
England

Grid referenceSK368394

Platforms2

StatusDisused

Breadsall

Station remains in 2005

General information

Location

Breadsall, Erewash
England

Grid reference

SK368394

Platforms

Other information

Status

Disused

History

Original company

Great Northern Railway

Post-grouping

London and North Eastern Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways

Key dates

1 April 1878^[1]

Opened

6 April 1953

Closed to passengers

3 December 1962^[2]

Goods facilities withdrawn

Location

Breadsall railway station was a former railway station in Breadsall, Derbyshire. It was opened by the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) on its Derbyshire Extension in 1878.

From West Hallam and the summit at Morley Tunnel, the line descended to Breadsall, on a gradient of 1 in 100.

The station itself was very close to the village and was provided with substantial brick buildings, including a two-storey station master's house and single storey offices on the platforms.

The passenger service at the station finished in 1953, while goods services ended in 1962. The line itself continued in use for passenger services until 1964, and for goods until 1968.

From Breadsall, the line crossed the Derwent valley by a long succession of embankments and viaducts. It then entered the town through a deep cutting before reaching Derby Friargate.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
West Hallam		London Midland Region of British Railways (Derby) Friargate Line		Derby Racecourse

Present day

The platforms and their buildings were gradually demolished, although traces remain. The single storey buildings became unsafe and were pulled down. The stationmaster's house survived until 1978 in an increasingly decrepit state until it became unsafe following an arson attack and it too was demolished.

A length of the old trackbed has been opened up as the Great Northern Greenway bridlepath through Breadsall since 2009 and the site of the station is now more accessible.

References

↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 43.
↑ Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977. Bristol: Avon-AngliA Publications & Services. p. 18. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.

v t e Closed railway stations in Derbyshire
Ashbourne line	Higher Buxton Hartington Alsop en le Dale Tissington Thorpe Cloud Ashbourne Clifton (Mayfield) Norbury and Ellaston
Cromford and High Peak Railway	Shallcross Ladmanlow Hindlow Dowlow Halt Hurdlow Parsley Hay Hopton Top Wharf Steeplehouse Cromford (C&HPR)
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Jcn Rly	Buxton (Midland) Peak Forest Millers Dale Monsal Dale Longstone Great Longstone for Ashford Hassop Bakewell Rowsley
Sheffield & Midland C'ttee	Birch Vale Hayfield
Woodhead line	Crowden Woodhead
Ashover Light Railway	Ashover Butts Salter Lane Fallgate Milltown Dale Bank Woolley Hurst Lane Stretton Clay Lane Springfield (Derbyshire) Holmgate Chesterfield Road Claycross and Egstow
North Midland Railway	Eckington and Renishaw Barrow Hill Whittington Clay Cross Stretton Wingfield Derby Nottingham Road
Derbyshire and Staffordshire extension	Egginton Junction Etwall Mickleover Derby Friargate Breadsall West Hallam Ilkeston North Heanor (GNR) Marlpool
Ripley and Heanor branch lines	Ripley Denby Kilburn Coxbench Little Eaton Crosshill and Codnor Heanor (MR) Langley Mill (Branch)
Melbourne line	Sinfin North Sinfin Central Chellaston and Swarkestone Melbourne
Castle Donington line	Weston on Trent Castle Donington and Shardlow
Midland Counties Railway	Borrowash Draycott and Breaston Sawley Long Eaton (MCR)
Erewash Valley line	Doe Hill Westhouses and Blackwell Pye Bridge Codnor Park and Ironville Shipley Gate Ilkeston Town Ilkeston Junction and Cossall Trowell Stanton Gate Stapleford and Sandiacre Long Eaton (1847–1863) Long Eaton (1863–1967) Trent
Pinxton branch line	Eastwood and Langley Mill
Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway	Chesterfield Market Place Arkwright Town Bolsover South Scarcliffe Shirebrook North Upperthorpe and Killamarsh Spinkhill Clowne South Creswell and Welbeck
GCR Main Line and Chesterfield loop	Chesterfield Central Sheepbridge and Brimington Staveley Works Grassmoor Staveley Central Killamarsh Central Renishaw Central Heath Pilsley Tibshelf Town
Clowne and Doe Lea branches	Staveley Town Clowne and Barlborough Bolsover Castle Palterton and Sutton Glapwell Rowthorn and Hardwick
Other	Buxworth Chapel-en-le-Frith Central Egginton Fairfield Halt Gresley Ramsline Halt Hazelwood Pinxton and Selston Sheepbridge Swadlincote Tibshelf & Newton Whiteborough Woodville (Derbyshire) Unstone

52°57′04″N 1°27′10″W / 52.95101°N 1.45290°W / 52.95101; -1.45290

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