Killamarsh West is a former

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in Halfway,

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, England.

History

A station was opened on the site by the

North Midland Railway The North Midland Railway was a British railway company, which opened its line from Derby to Rotherham (Masbrough) and Leeds in 1840. At Derby, it connected with the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway and the Midland Counties Railway at wha ...

on its line between and

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which became known as the "Old Road". It was closed in 1843 by

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during a period of financial difficulty. A new station was built 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 ama ...

in 1873. Although locally it was commonly known as Killamarsh Midland, the name was not officially adopted. It was renamed Killamarsh West by British Railways in 1950. It was of typical Midland design, brick built and timber, with a foot crossing between the platforms. The station closed in 1954. The line is now part of the current

Midland Main Line The Midland Main Line is a major railway line in England from London to Nottingham and Sheffield in the Midlands. It comprises the lines from London's St Pancras station via Leicester, Derby/Nottingham and Chesterfield in the East Midlands ...

. 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.

Today

There are virtually no remains of the station today, other than a large space beside the railway line where the platforms once occupied. The site is inaccessible as the line remains open.

Passenger services

In 1922 passenger services calling at Killamarsh West 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 Killamarsh West. * 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 Killamarsh West, to Chesterfield, ** the other continued past then swung right onto the

Sheffield District Railway The Sheffield District Railway was a railway line in South Yorkshire, England. It was built to give the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway access to Sheffield, primarily for goods traffic, for which a large goods depot at Attercliffe ...

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

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Killamarsh West (in white) on 1955 OS Map
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Killamarsh West Station
'Kllamarsh'' {{Sheffield stations Disused railway stations in Sheffield Former Midland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1841 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1954