Glapwell Railway Station

Glapwell is a former railway station in Glapwell, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. ContextThe station was built by the Midland Railway on the circuitous Barrow Hill to Pleasley West line known as the Doe Lea Branch, because it ran for much of its length along the valley of the River Doe Lea. HistoryThe line was opened without ceremony on 1 September 1890, but no station was built at Glapwell. Pressure from the residents of Bramley Vale led to one being built and opened on 1 September 1892 as "Glapwell". It initially provided a service of three trains each way between Mansfield and Chesterfield, taking about an hour from end to end. The line was single track between Seymour Junction and Pleasley West. Accordingly, the station had a single platform and a typical MR country station building, very similar to Clowne and Barlborough and Bolsover Castle. Normal passenger traffic along the Doe Lea Branch dwindled over the years and finally ceased on 28 July 1930. Glapwell Colliery was still going strong at this time. As its sidings left the passenger line to the North of the station and all coal went out northwards, the station was abandoned along with the track southwards through Rowthorn Tunnel to Pleasley Colliery West Junction a short distance South of Pleasley West. The station building was not destroyed and by the early 1970s was used by an evangelical Christian group.

Glapwell is a former railway station in Glapwell, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. ContextThe station was built by the Midland Railway on the circuitous Barrow Hill to Pleasley West line known as the Doe Lea Branch, because it ran for much of its length along the valley of the River Doe Lea. HistoryThe line was opened without ceremony on 1 September 1890, but no station was built at Glapwell. Pressure from the residents of Bramley Vale led to one being built and opened on 1 September 1892 as "Glapwell". It initially provided a service of three trains each way between Mansfield and Chesterfield, taking about an hour from end to end. The line was single track between Seymour Junction and Pleasley West. Accordingly, the station had a single platform and a typical MR country station building, very similar to Clowne and Barlborough and Bolsover Castle. Normal passenger traffic along the Doe Lea Branch dwindled over the years and finally ceased on 28 July 1930. Glapwell Colliery was still going strong at this time. As its sidings left the passenger line to the North of the station and all coal went out northwards, the station was abandoned along with the track southwards through Rowthorn Tunnel to Pleasley Colliery West Junction a short distance South of Pleasley West. The station building was not destroyed and by the early 1970s was used by an evangelical Christian group.