Dronfield railway station
Dronfield London Midland and Scottish Railway | |||||
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2 February 1870 | Opened | ||||
2 January 1967 | Closed | ||||
15 February 1979 | Re-opened | ||||
19 February 1979 | Closed | ||||
5 January 1981 | Re-opened | ||||
Passengers | |||||
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Dronfield railway station serves the town of
History
Construction of the Sheffield & Chesterfield line was authorised by the
The line was known as the "New Road" to differentiate from the "Old Road" built by the North Midland Railway, which took an easier route along the Rother Valley and bypassed Sheffield. The station is on the long climb up the Drone valley to Bradway Tunnel at the point where the gradient steepens from 1 in 201 to 1 in 102.
The station had single storey wooden buildings on both platforms. The main buildings, including booking office and staff offices, were on the "
To the south of the passenger station, on the land now used as a car park, was the goods station with a brick-built warehouse and several sidings.
![original station buildings](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Dronfield_Railway_Station_01Feb1970.jpg/220px-Dronfield_Railway_Station_01Feb1970.jpg)
The station was closed to passengers with effect from Monday 2 January 1967,[2] the last passenger train to call being the 21:41 Sheffield - Derby service on Saturday 31 December 1966. The station remained staffed for two years after closure until the goods station closed. The buildings were demolished in June 1973 but the platforms remained.
Between 15 and 19 February 1979, British Rail temporarily reopened the station (along with
The station is managed by
Service
From 14 December 2008
A small number of peak time
Preceding station | ![]() |
Following station | ||
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Sheffield |
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East Midlands Railway (Limited Service) | ||||
Historical railways | ||||
Unstone Line open, station closed |
Midland Railway Midland Main Line |
Dore & Totley Line and station open |
References
- ^ "The Sheffield and Chesterfield District Railway. The New stations". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. British Newspaper Archive. 13 April 1869. Retrieved 12 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ ISSN 0144-347X.
- ^ "Northern Rail New Leeds Services". Northern Rail.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Dronfield railway station from National Rail
- Friends of Dronfield Station