Gresley railway station

Gresley railway station was a railway station at Castle Gresley, Derbyshire on the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line.

Gresley
Site of the station in 1995
General information
LocationCastle Gresley, South Derbyshire
England
Coordinates52.7571°N 1.5806°W / 52.7571; -1.5806
Grid referenceSK284178
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
2 October 1848 (1848-10-02)opened
c. 1869resited
7 September 1964 (1964-09-07)closed

History

The line was built for the Midland Railway and the station opened on 2 October 1848.[1] Originally sited to the west of the road bridge, the station was resited to the east of the bridge c. 1869.[1] Gresley station was closed on 7 September 1964[1] but the line remains open for freight traffic.

From 1906 to 1927, a branch of the Burton and Ashby Light Railway terminated at the station.

In the 1990s BR planned to restore passenger services between Leicester and Burton as the second phase of its Ivanhoe Line project. However, after the privatisation of British Rail in 1995 this phase of the project was discontinued. In 2009 the Association of Train Operating Companies published a £49 million proposal to restore passenger services to the line that would include reopening a station at Gresley to serve the town of Swadlincote.[2]

Stationmasters
  • John Burn until 1862[3]
  • W. Renals from 1862 - ca. 1868 (afterwards station master at Leagrave)
  • H. Learoyd until 1871[4]
  • Albert C. Bickham 1871
  • S.N. Rose 1871 - 1873[4]
  • W. Cook 1873 - 1875[4]
  • T. Perkins 1875 - 1880[4]
  • J. Sandford 1880[4] - 1881[5] (formerly station master at Moira)
  • H. Wright 1881 - 1885[5]
  • T. Washbourne 1885[5] - 1903[6]
  • William Marston 1903[6] - 1915[7]
  • Percy Jackson 1927 - 1931[8] (afterwards station master at Wilnecote)
  • E.B. Bridge 1931 - 1937[9] (afterwards station master at Bagworth)
  • A.H. Malbon 1937 - 1938 (formerly station master at Chellaston)
  • F.N. Crook 1938[10] - 1939
  • R.C. White from 1939[11] (formerly station master at Chellaston)
  • R. Marsden ca. 1949 ca. 1953
  • C.D. Pheasant ca. 1958
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Moira
Line open, station closed		   Midland Railway
Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line		   Burton-on-Trent
Line and station open
Donisthorpe
Line and station closed		    

References
  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 110. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  2. "Connecting Communities – Expanding Access to the Rail Network" (PDF). London: Association of Train Operating Companies. June 2009. p. 19. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  3. "1859-1866". Midland Railway Miscellaneous Depts: 158. 1914. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  4. "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 486. 1871. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  5. "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 620. 1881. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  6. "1899-1908 Coaching; Piece 1027". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 581. 1899. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  7. "Gresley Stationmaster's Death". Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal. England. 6 November 1915. Retrieved 27 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "Change of Stationmaster at Gresley". Burton Observer and Chronicle. England. 29 October 1931. Retrieved 27 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Castle Gresley". Burton Observer and Chronicle. England. 2 September 1937. Retrieved 27 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. "Gresley Stationmaster". Derby Daily Telegraph. England. 19 October 1938. Retrieved 24 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. "Chellaston Stationmaster". Derby Daily Telegraph. England. 8 March 1939. Retrieved 24 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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