Chesterfield Central railway station

Chesterfield Central
Location
Place	Chesterfield
Area	Derbyshire
Operations
Pre-grouping	Great Central Railway
Post-grouping	LNER British Railways
Platforms	2
History
4 June 1892	Opened
1 November 1907	renamed Chesterfield Central
4 March 1963	Closed [1]
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Chesterfield Central was a railway station in the town of Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

The station was on the Great Central (GCR) Chesterfield Loop which ran between Staveley Central and Heath Junction (just north of Heath railway station) on the Great Central Main Line. The station opened in 1892 and was closed in 1963.^[2] It was demolished by 1973 to make way for Chesterfield's inner-relief road,^[3] much of which was built along the former trackbed of the GCR. This dual-carriageway now forms part of the A61 road.

Coordinates: 53°14′20.2″N 1°25′24.8″W / 53.238944°N 1.423556°W / 53.238944; -1.423556

See also

Chesterfield was, at one time, served by three railway stations. The other two are:

• Chesterfield Midland station (still in use)
• Chesterfield Market Place station

External links

• Photographs of Central Station
• Site of the former Central Station, on what is now the A61 Inner-Relief road, looking south in 2008, Photo by Nick Catford

References

1. ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
2. ^ [1] Accessed 24th Feb 09. "Last passenger train at Chesterfield Central, Saturday on 15 June 1963. 'Flying Scotsman' calls on a Railway Preservation Society tour from Sheffield Victoria to Marylebone."
3. ^ [2] Accessed 24th Feb 09 "The remainder of the station was demolished in 1973 to make way for a planned relief road"

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Grassmoor		British Railways Great Central Main Line		Sheepbridge and Brimington