Weston-on-Trent railway station

Weston on Trent railway station served the village of Weston-on-Trent, Derbyshire from 1869 to 1930.

Weston on Trent
The site of Weston on Trent station
General information
Location	Weston-on-Trent, South Derbyshire England
Coordinates	52.847174°N 1.4028361°W / 52.847174; -1.4028361
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
6 December 1869	Opened
21 September 1930	Closed for passengers
1959	Closed for freight

History

The station was opened on 6 December 1869, when the Midland Railway opened its Weston, Castle Donington and Trent branch.[1]

It was closed to passengers on 21 September 1930[2] then closed to freight in 1959.

Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Chellaston and Swarkestone Line open, station closed		Midland Railway Castle Donington line		Castle Donington and Shardlow Line closed, station closed

References

"Midland Railway. Opening of the Weston, Castle Donington, and Trent Branch". Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal. England. 3 December 1869. Retrieved 1 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"Railway Changes". Lichfield Mercury. England. 22 August 1930. Retrieved 1 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.

Closed railway stations in Derbyshire
Ashbourne line	Higher Buxton Hartington Alsop en le Dale Tissington Thorpe Cloud Ashbourne Clifton (Mayfield) Norbury and Ellaston
Cromford and High Peak Railway	Shallcross Ladmanlow Hindlow Dowlow Halt Hurdlow Parsley Hay Hopton Top Wharf Steeplehouse Cromford (C&HPR)
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Jcn Rly	Buxton (Midland) Peak Forest Millers Dale Monsal Dale Longstone Great Longstone for Ashford Hassop Bakewell Rowsley
Sheffield & Midland C'ttee	Birch Vale Hayfield
Woodhead line	Crowden Woodhead
Ashover Light Railway	Ashover Butts Salter Lane Fallgate Milltown Dale Bank Woolley Hurst Lane Stretton Clay Lane Springfield (Derbyshire) Holmgate Chesterfield Road Claycross and Egstow
North Midland Railway	Eckington and Renishaw Barrow Hill Whittington Clay Cross Stretton Wingfield Derby Nottingham Road
Derbyshire and Staffordshire extension	Egginton Junction Etwall Mickleover Derby Friargate Breadsall West Hallam Ilkeston North Heanor (GNR) Marlpool
Ripley and Heanor branch lines	Ripley Denby Kilburn Coxbench Little Eaton Crosshill and Codnor Heanor (MR) Langley Mill (Branch)
Melbourne line	Sinfin North Sinfin Central Chellaston and Swarkestone Melbourne
Castle Donington line	Weston on Trent Castle Donington and Shardlow
Midland Counties Railway	Borrowash Draycott and Breaston Sawley Long Eaton (MCR)
Erewash Valley line	Doe Hill Westhouses and Blackwell Pye Bridge Codnor Park and Ironville Shipley Gate Ilkeston Town Ilkeston Junction and Cossall Trowell Stanton Gate Stapleford and Sandiacre Long Eaton (1847-1863) Long Eaton (1863-1967) Trent
Pinxton branch line	Eastwood and Langley Mill
Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway	Chesterfield Market Place Arkwright Town Bolsover South Scarcliffe Shirebrook North Upperthorpe and Killamarsh Spinkhill Clowne South Creswell and Welbeck
GCR Main Line and Chesterfield loop	Chesterfield Central Sheepbridge and Brimington Staveley Works Grassmoor Staveley Central Killamarsh Central Renishaw Central Heath Pilsley Tibshelf Town
Clowne and Doe Lea branches	Staveley Town Clowne and Barlborough Bolsover Castle Palterton and Sutton Glapwell Rowthorn and Hardwick
Other	Buxworth Chapel-en-le-Frith Central Egginton Fairfield Halt Gresley Ramsline Halt Hazelwood Pinxton and Selston Sheepbridge Swadlincote Tibshelf & Newton Whiteborough Woodville (Derbyshire) Unstone

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