Eckington railway station

Eckington railway station was a railway station to serve Eckington, Derbyshire.

The station was opened by the North Midland Railway on the "old road" between Chesterfield and Masborough.

The original station was of an ornate Italianate design by Francis Thompson and was replaced by a new one fourteen chains further north in 1874.

It became known as Eckington and Renishaw in 1886 since it was near to the Renishaw Iron Company's works. The street level booking office was built on a bridge over the line with covered stairways leading down to the two platforms. [Pixton, B., (2000) "North Midland: Portrait of a Famous Route," Runpast Publishing]

It closed completely in 1951. The line is now part of the current Midland Main Line.

The next station was Killamarsh.

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