Langley Mill railway station (Erewash Valley line)

Former railway station in Derbyshire, England

Langley Mill

General information
Location| Langley Mill, Amber Valley
England
Coordinates| 53°01′04″N 1°19′53″W﻿ / ﻿53.0177°N 1.3315°W﻿ / 53.0177; -1.3315
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Pre-grouping| Midland Railway
Post-grouping| London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1895| Station opens
1 January 1917| closed
3 May 1920| reopened
4 May 1926| Station closes [1]

Langley Mill railway station was a railway station which served the village of Langley Mill in Derbyshire, England. It was opened in 1895 by the Midland Railway on its branch between Heanor Junction on the Erewash Valley Line and Ripley.

Langley Mill railway station in relation to its lines and the adjacent Langley Mill and Eastwood station on the Erewash Valley Line.

There was already a station on the Erewash Line, known as Langley Mill and Eastwood, and a Great Northern station called Eastwood and Langley Mill, which opened in 1847 and 1876 respectively. Because this branch station had no passenger connection to the earlier one, it was regarded by the railway as a separate station and was even shown as such on Ordnance Survey maps even though the platforms were adjacent.[2]

Snip from Nineteenth Century Ordnance Survey map showing two stations. This carried on until at least 1940

## History

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The line came into being as competition for the GNR's branch. It was completed as far as Heanor by 1890. It took another five years to reach Langley Mill where it joined a line called the Heanor Goods Branch which actually connected to a Butterley Company line to a group of collieries around Heanor.[3] It then passed along a short tightly curved spur to reach the platform with its own waiting room and toilet. A runaround loop was provided but no means for turning.[4]

The line had been built for colliery traffic and passengers were an incidental, so only a shuttle was considered necessary. However, some trains ran between Nottingham and Ambergate or Chesterfield. One particularly complex service ran from Nottingham through Basford and Kimberley to Ilkeston Town, then via Langley Mill through Ripley and Butterley to Chesterfield.[5]

Services ended during the First World War, and the Kimberley Line closed completely. After the war the Langley Mill to Ripley line reopened in 1920. In the Grouping of all lines, into four main companies, in 1923 the station became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. From 1914, the line had been in competition with a tramcar service opened by the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Tramways Company.[6] A Sentinel Steam Railcar was introduced in 1925 to reduce costs. However, the line finally closed to passengers with the General Strike the following year.

Preceding station  | Historical railways | Following station

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Terminus
Line closed, station closed |  | Midland Railway
Langley Mill branch line |  | Heanor
Line closed, station closed

## See also

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* Langley Mill railway station

## References

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1. ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
2. ^ This unusual state of affairs is present with Manchester Victoria and Exchange stations, where a platform met end to end, but these were opened by different companies
3. ^ Midland Railway System Maps,(The Distance Diagrams) Volume 2 (1998) Teignmouth: Peter Kay ISBN 1-899890-17-3
4. ^ Sprenger, H., (2009) Rails to Ripley, Southampton: Kestrel
5. ^ Anderson, P.H., (1985 2nd ed) Forgotten Railways Vol 2: The East Midlands, Newton Abbot: David and Charles
6. ^ Huson, S., (2009) Derbyshire in the age of steam, Newbury: Countryside Books

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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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