Codnor Park and Selston railway station explained

Codnor Park and Selston
Status:Disused
Borough:Ashfield
Country:England
Original:Great Northern Railway
Pregroup:Great Northern Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Years:1 August 1876
Events:Station opens as Codnor Park and Selston
Years1:22 May 1901
Events1:renamed Codnor Park for Ironville and Jacksdale
Years2:1 July 1950
Events2:renamed Jacksdale
Years3:7 January 1963
Events3:Station closes[1]

Codnor Park and Selston railway station was a former railway station to serve the villages of Codnor Park and Selston on the border between Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire and was actually in Jacksdale.In some timetables it was listed as Codnor Park and Selston for Ironville and Jacksdale.

It was opened by the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) on its Derbyshire Extension in 1875-6 and closed in 1963.[2]

It lay on the branch from Awsworth Junction, to Pinxton, Codnor Park being important for an ironworks belonging to the Butterley Company.

Codnor Park and Ironville railway station opened nearby in 1847 on the Midland Railway Erewash Valley Line.The tracks are still in place today; however, the line is not in use. They can be seen from trains running between Langley Mill and Alfreton

References

53.0592°N -1.3378°W

Notes and References

  1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. Higginson, M., (1989) The Friargate Line:Derby and the Great Northern Railway, Derby: Golden Pingle Publishing