Chesterfield Central was a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

serving the town of

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, England.

History

The station was on the

Great Central The Great Central Railway in England was formed when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897, anticipating the opening in 1899 of its London Extension. On 1 January 1923, the company was grouped into the L ...

(GCR) Chesterfield Loop which ran between and Heath Junction (just north of

Heath railway station Heath railway station was a railway station in the village of Holmewood, Derbyshire. The station name of Heath was named after the neighbouring village of Heath although the station was in Holmewood instead. The station was just before the Gr ...

) on the

Great Central Main Line The Great Central Main Line (GCML), also known as the London Extension of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR), is a former railway line in the United Kingdom. The line was opened in 1899 and built by the Great Central Railw ...

. The station opened in 1892 and was closed in 1963. Although the official closing date was 4 March 1963, the last passenger train to use the station did so on 15 June, when 'Flying Scotsman' stopped there during a Railway Preservation Society tour from to . It remained open for goods traffic until 11 September, and a private siding continued in use after that. Compared to nearby Chesterfield Midland, the station was little used. The number of passengers using the station during the week ending 19 August 1961 was 1,829, whereas Midland station was used by 22,285 passengers in the same week, over twelve times as many. The station was demolished by 1973 to make way for Chesterfield's inner-relief road, much of which was built along the former trackbed of the GCR. This dual-carriageway now forms part of the

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. The tunnel immediately to the south of the station, which ran from Brewery Street to Hollis Lane, remains in place, sealed at its northern end due to the road constructionOrdnance Survey, 1:2500 map, 1918

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Photographs of Central StationSite of the former Central Station, on what is now the A61 Inner-Relief road, looking south in 2008, Photo by Nick CatfordThe station in 1950
''Britain from Above'' (free login needed to zoom) Buildings and structures demolished in 1973 Disused railway stations in Derbyshire Buildings and structures in Chesterfield, Derbyshire Former Great Central Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1963 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1892 {{EastMidlands-railstation-stub

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