Glapwell railway station

Glapwell is a former railway station in Glapwell, Derbyshire, England.

Glapwell
General information
LocationGlapwell, Bolsover
England
Coordinates53°11′26″N 1°18′9″W
Grid referenceSK 466 662
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 September 1892[1] (or 22 August 1892[2])Opened
28 July 1930[2]Closed completely

Context

The station was built by the Midland Railway on the circuitous Barrow Hill to Pleasley West line[3] known as the Doe Lea Branch, because it ran for much of its length along the valley of the River Doe Lea.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Palterton and Sutton
Line and station closed		   Midland Railway
Doe Lea Branch		   Rowthorn and Hardwick
Line and station closed

History

The line was opened without ceremony on 1 September 1890, but no station was built at Glapwell.[4] Pressure from the residents of Bramley Vale led to one being built and opened on 1 September 1892 as "Glapwell".[1] It initially provided a service of three trains each way between Mansfield and Chesterfield, taking about an hour from end to end.[5]

The line was single track between Seymour Junction[6][7] and Pleasley West. Accordingly, the station had a single platform and a typical MR country station building, very similar to Clowne and Barlborough and Bolsover Castle.[8][9]

Normal passenger traffic along the Doe Lea Branch dwindled over the years and finally ceased on 28 July 1930.[1] Glapwell Colliery was still going strong at this time. As its sidings left the passenger line to the North of the station and all coal went out northwards, the station was abandoned along with the track southwards through Rowthorn Tunnel to Pleasley Colliery West Junction a short distance South of Pleasley West. The station building was not destroyed and by the early 1970s was used by an evangelical Christian group.[9]

The last steam train to use the line was an enthusiasts' special on 16 October 1965.[10][11] This train also traversed the Clowne Branch.

When Glapwell Colliery closed in 1974 the line South of Bolsover Castle station became redundant, though it was not lifted until 1978.

The trackbed south from Bolsover Castle almost to Glapwell at the bottom of Rylah Hill between Palterton and M1 J29 is now a public bridleway known as The Stockley Trail.[12]

References
  1. Hurst 1987, p. 77.
  2. Butt 1995, p. 103.
  3. Kay 1998, Sheet 12.
  4. The service in 1890, no Glapwell Old Miner
  5. Hurst 1987, p. 76.
  6. Anderson & Cupit 2000, p. 42.
  7. Kaye 1988, p. 27.
  8. Hurst 1987, p. 80.
  9. Anderson & Cupit 2000, p. 41.
  10. Hurst 1987, p. 79.
  11. DVD 2004.
  12. Stockley Trail: via Derbyshire County Council

Sources
  • Anderson, Paul; Cupit, Jack (2000). An Illustrated History of Mansfield's Railways. Clophill: Irwell Press. ISBN 978-1-903266-15-1.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Hurst, Geoffrey (1987). The Midland Railway Around Nottinghamshire, Volume 1. Worksop: Milepost Publications. ISBN 978-0-947796-05-1.
  • Midland Railway System Maps (The Distance Diagrams), volume 2 - Leeds to Leicester and branches; Derby to Manchester and branches; Cheshire Lines (1909-1923 ed.). Teignmouth: Peter Kay. 1998. ISBN 978-1-899890-17-0.
  • Kaye, A.R. (1988). North Midland and Peak District Railways in the Steam Age, Volume 2. Chesterfield: Lowlander Publications. ISBN 978-0-946930-09-8.
  • DVD (2004). East Midlands Steam. Bradford: Marsden Rail. Marsden Rail 26.
  • Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

Further reading
  • Howard Anderson, P. (1973). Forgotten Railways: The East Midlands. Newton Abbott: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-6094-1.
  • Kingscott, Geoffrey (2007). Lost Railways of Derbyshire. Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN 978-1-84674-042-8.
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