Langley Mill Railway Station (Erewash Valley Line)
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Langley Mill railway station was a
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which served the village of
Langley Mill Langley Mill is a village in the civil parish of Aldercar and Langley Mill in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. History Originally named ''Long Lea'', the village of Langley Mill was a major employer throughout the mid 1900s w ...
in
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,
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. It was opened in 1895 by the
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on its branch between Heanor Junction on the
Erewash Valley Line The Erewash Valley Line is a railway line in England, running from Long Eaton, between Nottingham and Derby, and Clay Cross, near Chesterfield. The southern part was opened by the Midland Railway in 1847 as far as Codnor Park, where it connecte ...
and Ripley. There was already a station on the Erewash Line, known as Langley Mill and Eastwood, and a
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station called Eastwood and Langley Mill, which opened in 1847 and 1876 respectively. Because this branch station had no passenger connection to the earlier one, it was regarded by the railway as a separate station and was even shown as such on Ordnance Survey maps even though the platforms were adjacent.


History

The line came into being as competition for the GNR's branch. It was completed as far as Heanor by 1890. It took another five years to reach Langley Mill where it joined a line called the Heanor Goods Branch which actually connected to a
Butterley Company The Butterley Company was an English manufacturing firm founded as Benjamin Outram and Company in 1790. Its subsidiaries existed until 2009. Origins This area of Derbyshire had been known for its outcrops of iron ore which had been exploited at ...
line to a group of collieries around Heanor. It then passed along a short tightly curved spur to reach the platform with its own waiting room and toilet. A runaround loop was provided but no means for turning. The line had been built for colliery traffic and passengers were an incidental, so only a shuttle was considered necessary. However, some trains ran between
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and
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or Chesterfield. One particularly complex service ran from Nottingham through Basford and
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to Ilkeston Town, then via Langley Mill through Ripley and
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to Chesterfield. Services ended during the First World War, and the Kimberley Line closed completely. After the war the Langley Mill to Ripley line reopened in 1920. In the
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of all lines, into four main companies, in 1923 the station became part of the
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. From 1914, the line had been in competition with a tramcar service opened by the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Tramways Company.Huson, S., (2009) ''Derbyshire in the age of steam,'' Newbury: Countryside Books A Sentinel Steam Railcar was introduced in 1925 to reduce costs. However, the line finally closed to passengers with the
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the following year.


See also

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Langley Mill railway station Langley Mill railway station (formerly known as Langley Mill for Heanor and Langley Mill and Eastwood) on the Erewash Valley Line serves the large village of Langley Mill and the towns of Heanor in Derbyshire and Eastwood in Nottinghamshire, E ...


References

{{Closed stations Derbyshire Disused railway stations in Derbyshire Former Midland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1895 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1917 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1920 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1926