Westhouses and Blackwell railway station

Former railway station in Derbyshire, England

53°07′02″N 1°22′06″W / 53.117143°N 1.368375°W / 53.117143; -1.368375Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyMidland RailwayPost-groupingLMSRKey dates17 October 1881Opened1933Pleasley branch line closed to passengers2 January 1967Station closed

Westhouses and Blackwell railway station is a former railway station in Westhouses, and Blackwell, Derbyshire on the Derbyshire border west of Mansfield. The line served as a junction for both the modern-day Erewash Valley Line and a branch line to Pleasley West.

History

Not much is recorded about the station other than it was opened in 1881. The station building was of typical Midland Railway build and closed to passenger services to Pleasley in 1930. The station closed on 2 January 1967,^[1]^[2] and nothing remains of the station. The line remains open to services on the Erewash Valley Line. The branch to Pleasley is now the Silverhill Trail.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Alfreton		Erewash Valley Line Midland Railway		Doe Hill
Tibshelf & Newton		Pleasley Branch Midland Railway		Alfreton

References

^ Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 476. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 245. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.