Whitwell railway station serves the village of Whitwell in

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. The station is on the

Robin Hood Line The Robin Hood Line is a railway line running from Nottingham to Worksop, Nottinghamshire, in the United Kingdom. The stations between Shirebrook and Whitwell (inclusive) are in Derbyshire. Passenger services are operated by East Midlands Rail ...

4¾ miles (7 km) south west of

Worksop Worksop ( ) is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located east-south-east of Sheffield, close to Nottinghamshire's borders with South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, on the River Ryton and not far from th ...

towards

Nottingham Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...

History

The line and station were 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 ...

. The station was designed by the

company architect

John Holloway Sanders John Holloway Sanders FRIBA (1825 – 16 October 1884) was an architect based in England and chief architect of the Midland Railway until 1884. His date of appointment as Chief Architect to the Midland Railway is not known, but he is recorded as ...

. They were opened for passenger traffic on 1 June 1875. When the line opened two railway companies provided services through Whitwell: * The Midland Railway (MR) ran three trains a day from Mansfield through Whitwell, which then turned right at Woodend Junction to Worksop, as all

trains do now. They then continued on to . * The

Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) was formed in 1847 when the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway joined with authorised but unbuilt railway companies, forming a proposed network from Manchester to Grimsb ...

(MSLR) ran three daily trains from Mansfield through Whitwell which turned left at Woodend Junction to then several stops to their station in Sheffield, later to be renamed . Over time the direct Mansfield-Whitwell-Sheffield service was diverted to Worksop. From 1 October 1905, the MR took over all services and ran them all to Worksop, where passengers for Sheffield could change trains. This core service continued until closure for passenger traffic in October 1964, though freight traffic continued. The station was dismantled and rebuilt, brick by brick, at the heritage railway at

Butterley Butterley is a village in the English county of Derbyshire near to Ripley. It is the site of the Midland Railway – Butterley, as well as the old Butterley Brickworks. Notable residents *Sir James Outram, hero of the Indian Mutiny, was born ...

in 1981. The line reopened in stages through the 1990s, with the final, northernmost, section from through Whitwell to reopening in 1998. The modern Whitwell station is on the original site, but a wholly new structure.

Stationmasters

*George Boulter 1876 - 1881 (formerly station master at Kingsbury) *William Frederick Best 1882 - 1895 (formerly station master at Penn's, afterward station master at Codnor Park and Ironville) *Samuel Oughton 1895 - 1921 (formerly station master at Widmerpool) *Leo Davis 1921 - 1922 (formerly station master at Clowne) *Richard Pratt 1923 - 1931 (afterwards station master at Ripley) *W. Edwards 1931 - 1939 (afterwards station master at Kirkby-in-Ashfield) *Harold Doxey 1944 - 1955 (formerly station master at Great Barr) *Norman Sigsworth from 1955 (formerly station master at Sedgebrook)

The station

The station is located on the edge of the village, beside the quarry. It consists of two platforms, with the Nottingham-bound one having to be reached via a footbridge.

Services

All services at Whitwell are operated by East Midlands Railway. On weekdays and Saturdays, the station is generally served by a train every two hours northbound to and southbound to via . There is currently no Sunday service at the station since the previous service of four trains per day was withdrawn in 2011. Sunday services at the station are due to recommence at the station during the life of the East Midlands franchise.

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Railway stations in Derbyshire DfT Category F2 stations Former Midland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1875 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1998 Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway Beeching closures in England Reopened railway stations in Great Britain {{EastMidlands-railstation-stub