Egginton Junction railway station

Egginton Junction

Station buildings in 2004.
Location
Place Egginton
Area South Derbyshire
Operations
Original company Great Northern Railway and North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms 4
History
1 July 1878[1] Opened
5 March 1962[2] Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Egginton Junction railway station is a former railway station in Egginton, Derbyshire.

History

It was opened by the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) on its Derbyshire Extension in 1878, jointly with the North Staffordshire Railway.

It was arranged in angle of the junction, with separate pairs of platforms for each company.

It was provided with substantial brick buildings; a two-storey station master's house and the usual single storey offices on the main GNR platform in the vee of the junction, with small timber-built waiting rooms on the two outer subsidiary platforms.

Regular passenger traffic on the GNR line from Friargate finished in 1939, although it saw excursions until 1959. The station then closed in 1962.[3] The Egginton Dairy creamery had a dedicated siding for the dispatch of milk trains around the country, until the mid-1960s.

Preceding station   Historical railways   Following station
Line and station open
North Staffordshire RailwayTerminus
TerminusMidland Railway
Line and station open
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Line and station closed
Great Northern Railway
Line and station closed

Present day

The line from Friargate remained open for some years, being used as a test track by the British Rail Research Division. The station area was leased by a caravan dealer who later moved on. By 1974 the main station was derelict and would have been pulled down had not a building company bought it in 1978 and renovated it for use as offices. The NSR side of the station has disappeared, apart from the signal box which is still in use to supervise a level crossing and to act as the 'fringe' to Derby PSB.[4]

References

  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 90.
  2. 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. 45. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
  3. Higginson, M., (1989) The Friargate Line:Derby and the Great Northern Railway, Derby: Golden Pingle Publishing
  4. "Egginton Junction Signal Box" Allsop, N; Geograph.org; Retrieved 7 April 2016

Coordinates: 52°51′47″N 1°37′00″W / 52.863°N 1.6167°W / 52.863; -1.6167

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