Codnor Park and Ironville railway station served the villages of

Codnor Park Codnor is a village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. Codnor is a former mining village and had a population of 3,766 (including Cross Hill) taken at the 2011 Census. It is approximately 12 miles from Derby and ...

and

Ironville, Derbyshire Ironville in Derbyshire, England, was built about 1830 by the Butterley Company as a model village to house its workers. The population of the civil parish was 1,930 at the 2021 Census. It is situated between Riddings and Codnor Park. John Wrig ...

, England from 1847 to 1967 on the Erewash Valley Line.

History

The station opened on 6 September 1847M E Quick, ''Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology'', The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 125 by the

Midland Railway The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It am ...

. It closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 2 January 1967.

Stationmasters

*Francis Millington ca. 1857 *Richard Smedley before 1859 *W. Briero ca. 1859 - ca. 1866 *John Ashton ca. 1871 - 1876 (afterwards station master at Matlock Bridge) *Endersbye Chapman 1876 - 1885 *William Grant 1885 - 1890 (formerly station master at Sharnbrook) *George Henry Ward 1890 - 1895 *William Frederick Best 1895 - 1905 (formerly station master at Whitwell, afterwards station master at Pye Bridge) *Albert C. East 1905 - 1907 (formerly station master at Kimberley) *Edward Henry Baldwin 1907 - ca. 1914 (formerly station master at Didsbury) *Harold Smith *G. Cook until 1922 (afterwards station master at Ilkeston) *Lewis James Oldham 1922 - 1929 *John Hitchens 1929 - 1937 (afterwards station master at Pye Bridge) *William Henry Smart from 1937 (formerly station master at Blakesley) *Albert Edward Ganderton until 1954 *Sigard Weatherill from 1955

References

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Disused railway stations in Derbyshire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1847 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1967 Former Midland Railway stations Beeching closures in England 1847 establishments in England 1967 disestablishments in England {{EastMidlands-railstation-stub