Eckington and Renishaw railway station is a former railway station between Eckington and Renishaw in Derbyshire, England.

History

The station was opened by the North Midland Railway on their "Old Road" between Chesterfield and Rotherham Masborough. The original station was of an ornate Italianate design by Francis Thompson and was replaced by a new one fourteen chains further north in 1874. It was renamed by the Midland Railway as Eckington and Renishaw in 1886 since it was near to the Renishaw Iron Company's works and there was another "Eckington" station on the

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which the Midland had acquired. The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (later the Great Central Railway) subsequently opened a station on 1 June 1892 within sight of the Midland's "Eckington and Renishaw" and called ''their'' station "Eckington and Renishaw". The ex-Great Central station was renamed Renishaw Central by

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ways on 25 September 1950. The street level booking office was built on a bridge over the line with covered stairways leading down to the two platforms. The station closed completely in 1951. The line is now part of the current Midland Main Line. It is used predominantly for freight, with a handful of passenger trains going the "long way round" from to via the Old Road and largely to retain staff route knowledge in case of diversions.

Passenger services

In 1922 passenger services calling at Eckington and Renishaw were at their most intensive, with trains serving three destinations via three overlapping routes: * On Sundays only ** stopping trains plied directly between and Chesterfield (MR) via the Old Road. * On Mondays to Saturdays three stopping services plied between Sheffield (MR) and Chesterfield ** most ran direct down the "New Road" through and went nowhere near Eckington and Renishaw. * the other two services went the "long way round" via the "Old Road". They set off ''north eastwards'' from Sheffield (MR) towards Rotherham then swung east to go south along the Old Road ** one of these continued past , a short distance before Masboro' then swung hard right, next stop Treeton, then all stations, including Eckington and Renishaw, to Chesterfield, ** the other continued past then swung right onto the

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passing through or calling at West Tinsley and Catcliffe before Treeton, after which they called at all stations to Chesterfield.

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Eckington and Renishaw station: old maps via ''Old-Maps''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eckington And Renishaw Railway Station Former Midland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1840 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1951 Disused railway stations in Derbyshire Francis Thompson railway stations