Creswell railway station serves the village Creswell in Derbyshire, England. The station is on the Robin Hood Line between Nottingham and Worksop. It is also the nearest station to the larger village of Clowne.
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Creswell, Bolsover England | ||||
| Grid reference | SK523744 | ||||
| Managed by | East Midlands Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | CWD | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1 June 1875 | ||||
| Original company | Midland Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 June 1875 | Opened | ||||
| October 1964 | Closed | ||||
| 1988 | Reopened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  39,550 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 10,664 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  30,718 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 37,078 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 40,532 | ||||
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History
editThe line and the station was built by the Midland Railway. The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders.[1]
On 24 February 1886[2] it was renamed as Elmton and Creswell to prevent confusion with the nearby Creswell and Welbeck station opened by the LD&ECR in 1897[3] and closed at the outbreak of WW2.[4]
Stationmasters
edit- E. Barber 1876[5] - 1878 (formerly station master at Pinxton)
- G.C. Hawkins 1878 - 1880[5] (formerly station master at Harrow Road)
- Ultimus Jackson 1880[5] - 1909[6]
- Arthur Jackson 1910 - 1921 (afterwards station master at Stamford)
- George Palmer 1921[7] - 1926 (formerly station master at Armathwaite)
- W.D. Rattue 1926 - 1935[8] (formerly station master at Clowne)
Branch line
editA branch line veered west immediately north of the station. Its remains are still plainly visible from the north end of the platforms and from Worksop trains. This was the Clowne Branch, which wound a very circuitous route through Clowne, Staveley, Barrow Hill and Whittington to Chesterfield. It closed to normal passenger traffic in 1954, though Summer holiday trains to Blackpool North continued until 1962.
It remained open to freight traffic until the 1980s when the combination of an underground fire and the need to replace tracks led to its closure. The trackbed was formally protected in case a use was found, such as for opencast traffic or for access to the Markham Enterprise Growth Zone at M1 Junction 29A although this never came into fruition and the tracks were removed and the area landscaped to create the Clowne Branch Line Greenway, a shared bike and walking trail starting in Creswell and culminating at Poolsbrook Country Park.
Services
editAll services at Creswell are operated by East Midlands Railway.
On weekdays and Saturdays, the station is generally served by an hourly service northbound to Worksop and southbound to Nottingham via Mansfield Woodhouse.[9]
There is currently no Sunday service at the station since the previous service of four trains per day was withdrawn in 2011. Sunday services at the station are due to recommence at the station during the life of the East Midlands franchise.[10]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Langwith-Whaley Thorns or Shirebrook |
East Midlands Railway
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Whitwell or Worksop | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
Line open, station closed | Midland Railway | Line and station closed |
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References
edit- ^ "Notes by the Way". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. British Newspaper Archive. 1 November 1884. Retrieved 12 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 549. 1881. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ Cupit & Taylor 1984, p. 39.
- ^ Anderson & Cupit 2000, p. 52.
- ^ a b c "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 672. 1871. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Late Station-Master honoured". Derbyshire Chronicle. England. 4 January 1910. Retrieved 9 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Mr. G. Palmer". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 10 May 1921. Retrieved 9 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Creswell Station-Master Retires". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. England. 1 March 1935. Retrieved 9 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Table 55 National Rail timetable, May 2022
- ^ "East Midlands Rail Franchise". Department for Transport. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- Anderson, Paul; Cupit, Jack (2000). An Illustrated History of Mansfield's Railways. Clophill: Irwell Press. ISBN 1-903266-15-7.
- Cupit, J.; Taylor, W. (1984) [1966]. The Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway. Oakwood Library of Railway History (2nd ed.). Headington: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-302-8. OL19.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Creswell railway station from National Rail
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