Stanton Gate railway station
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England
Stanton Gate | |||||
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 The now disused signal box near the site of the station in 2008 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Stanton Gate, Derbyshire England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°56′24″N 1°16′54″W / 52.9399°N 1.2816°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SK483383 | ||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Midland Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| July 1851 | Opened | ||||
| 2 January 1967 | Closed | ||||
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Stanton Gate railway station served the village of Stanton Gate, Derbyshire, England from 1851 to 1967 on the Erewash Valley Line.
The station opened in July 1851 by the Midland Railway. It closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 2 January 1967.[1]
Rail accident
On 6 December 1963 at 01:32 the previous evening's 22:40 Leeds-Leicester freight train hauled by Type 4 diesel locomotive No. D94 travelling at about 45mph passed at least two stop signals and collided diagonally with the 01:00 Toton-Woodhouse Mill goods train which was crossing under clear signals from the No.1 Down goods line across the up and down main lines to the No.2 down goods line. The front end of D94 on the Leeds train was almost totally destroyed, causing the deaths of the driver and his second man.[2][3][4]
