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Bolsover South railway station

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This article is about the former Great Central Railway station. For the former Midland Railway station, see Bolsover Castle railway station.

Bolsover South railway station is a former railway station in Carr Vale, Bolsover, Derbyshire, England.

Bolsover South
General information
LocationBolsover
Owned byLNER
British Railways
Managed byGreat Central Railway
Line(s)LD&ECR
Platforms2
Key dates
8 March 1897Opened as Bolsover
25 September 1950renamed Bolsover South
3 December 1951Closed[1]
LD&ECR and Sheffield District Railway
1950 Excursion Advert

Ambiguity

Bolsover South station is not to be confused with the ex-MR station latterly called Bolsover Castle[2][3] which was about a third of a mile away at the bottom of Station Road, nearer to Bolsover Colliery. It was on the ex-MR's Staveley Town to Pleasley West "Doe Lea Branch".

History

The station was opened by the LD&ECR in March 1897 as plain "Bolsover". It was closed to all traffic by British Railways in December 1951, primarily due to the prohibitive cost of repairing and maintaining Bolsover Tunnel.[4] Track lifting started immediately after closure and was completed within weeks, though the station building survived as an increasingly vandalised eyesore for some years. The photograph opposite shows the characteristic Station Master's house in 1963, the station itself was behind the bush on the extreme right of the photo.

The station was built in Carr Vale and was one of only two places on the LD&ECR where a level crossing was necessary[5], the other being Skellingthorpe.[6][7] To the west was Doe Lea Viaduct and to the east was a 300-foot-high (91 m) limestone ridge through which it was necessary to drive the notorious Bolsover Tunnel. To the east of this was the next station at Scarcliffe.

The station architecture was in the company's characteristic modular style[8] with lots of glazing[9] as were, for example, Arkwright Town, Edwinstowe and Ollerton.

1912 was a notable year for Bolsover South, with flash floods on 27th July[10][11] and 26th August.[12][13]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Arkwright Town
Line and station closed 		  Great Central Railway
Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway 		  Scarcliffe
Line and station closed

References

  1. ^ Butt 1995.
  2. ^ Hurst 1987, p. 79.
  3. ^ Kaye 1988, p. 27.
  4. ^ Bolsover Tunnel via Forgotten Relics
  5. ^ Bolsover South level crossing via Picture the Past
  6. ^ Cupit & Taylor 1984, p. 16.
  7. ^ Haigh 1994, p. 102.
  8. ^ DVD 2005, 31 to 32 minutes from the start.
  9. ^ NoAuthor & March 2011, pp. 44–5.
  10. ^ Haigh 1985, p. 11.
  11. ^ Haigh 1994, p. 96.
  12. ^ Haigh 1994, p. 104.
  13. ^ Bolsover South & Carr Vale History via Old Miner
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • 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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • DVD (2005). The Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway - Memories of a Lost Route. Chesterfield: Terminus Publications. DVD, stills with commentary, 60 mins. {{cite AV media}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Haigh, Bernard (1985). Bolsover Remembered. Publisher not visible in book. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Haigh, Bernard (1994). The Old Photographs Series: Around Bolsover. Chalford, Glos: Chalford Publishing Co. Ltd. ISBN 07524 0021 5. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Hurst, Geoffrey (1987). The The Midland Railway Around Nottinghamshire, Volume 1. Worksop: Milepost Publications. ISBN 0-947796-05-3. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Kaye, A.R. (1988). North Midland and Peak District Railways in the Steam Age, Volume 2. Chesterfield: Lowlander Publications. ISBN 0 946930 09 0. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • NoAuthor (2011). Gellatly, Bob (ed.). "Readers' forum". Forward. 167. North Anston, Sheffield: Bob Gellatly for the Great Central Railway Society. ISSN 0141-4488. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

Further Reading

  • Dow, George (1971) [1965]. Great Central, Volume 3, Chapter 7. London: Ian Allan. SBN 7110 0263 0. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)

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