Killamarsh Central is a former

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Killamarsh Killamarsh is a village and civil parish in North East Derbyshire, England, bordering Rotherham to the north and Sheffield to the north-west. Killamarsh is surrounded by, in a clockwise direction from the north, Rother Valley Country Park, th ...

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...

, England.

Ambiguity

Three stations served the village, all of which started as plain "Killamarsh": * on the former

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"Old Road" from to , * on the former LD&ECR's Beighton Branch, and * Killamarsh Central which is the subject of this article.

History

The station was opened in 1892 by the

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when it began to build south into Derbyshire. Despite its name Killamarsh Central Station was on the western edge of

as were all of the three stations in the village. It was renamed 'Central' because it was the centre of the three stations which served the village and also because it was on the old Great Central Main Line which ran between

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and

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via . The station opened on 1 June 1892 as Killamarsh. It was renamed Killamarsh Central by British Railways on 25 September 1950 and closed on 4 March 1963. Removal of the tracks through the station was completed on 17 February 1983. The station had two platforms with a building on each, a

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joined the two. The buildings were used as a Film and TV prop emporium until the owner died in 2007. The buildings were still extant in 200
October 2009
but were a burnt out shell by June 2010.

Modern times

The trackbed now forms part of the

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. The station footbridge remains open as a public right of way between Station Road and Forge Lane, with the stairway to the northbound platform providing access to the Trans Pennine Trail. The northbound platform itself can be walked as part of the trail, though all its features have been removed. Access to the southbound platform and its stairway has been blocked off.

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External links

Killamarsh Central (in red) on 1955 OS MapKillamarsh Central on Disused Stations websiteKillamarsh Central Station and other Killamarsh photos on local history site
Disused railway stations in Derbyshire Former Great Central Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1892 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1963 {{EastMidlands-railstation-stub