Spinkhill railway station

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Platforms2 (reduced to 1 in later years)
StatusDisused
Original companyLD&ECR
Spinkhill
General information
LocationSpinkhill, North East Derbyshire
England
Platforms2 (reduced to 1 in later years)
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLD&ECR
Pre-groupingGreat Central Railway
Post-groupingLNER
British Railways
Key dates
1 October 1898[1]Opened
11 September 1939[2]scheduled services end
after 1958Closed completely
Location
LD&ECR and Sheffield District Railway

Spinkhill railway station is a disused railway station in Spinkhill, Derbyshire, England.

The station was built by the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway on their Beighton Branch, within sight of the northern portal of Spinkhill Tunnel. It opened in 1898 and closed to regular timetabled passenger traffic in 1939, though start and end of term special trains for pupils at the nearby Mount St Mary's College[3] continued for some years thereafter.[4]

The line through the station was closed as a through route on 9 January 1967[5] but trains continued to serve the nearby Westthorpe Colliery until it closed in 1984. This involved using the former running lines and the sidings behind the station house.

Modern times

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