Pye Bridge railway station explained

Pye Bridge
Status:	Disused
Borough:	Pye Bridge, Alfreton
Country:	England
Coordinates:	53.0697°N -1.3418°W
Grid Name:	Grid reference
Platforms:	4
Original:	Midland Railway
Postgroup:	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Events:	Opened as Pye Bridge for Alfreton
Years1:	May 1862
Events1:	Renamed Pye Bridge
Events2:	Closed

Pye Bridge railway station served the village of Pye Bridge, Derbyshire, England from 1851 to 1967 on the Erewash Valley Line.

History

The station opened as Pye Bridge for Alfreton on 1 December 1851 by the Midland Railway. It was renamed Pye Bridge in May 1862. Local passenger services on the Ambergate-Pye Bridge line were stopped on 16 June 1947 and the station closed to both passengers from the Erewash Valley Line and goods traffic on 2 January 1967.^[1]

Stationmasters

• James Slater Ball ca. 1853
• John Waterson until 1862^[2]
• D. Beattie 1862 - 1863^[3]
• W.J. Jacques from 1863^[3]
• Herbert T. Brown until 1870^[4]
• H.P. Jeffries until 1873^[5]
• James Beebe 1873 - 1905^[6] (formerly station master at Hathern)
• William Frederick Best 1905^[6] - 1921^[7] (formerly station master at Codnor Park)
• Frank G. Sugars 1921^[8] - 1927^[9] (formerly station master at Shefford, afterwards station master at Newark)
• C.V. Bunker 1927 - 1936^[10] (afterwards station master at Rushden)
• John Hitchens from 1937^[11] (formerly station master at Codnor Park)
• W.A. Bamford ca. 1955

Notes and References

1. M E Quick, Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology, The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 334
2. . 1914 . 1859-1866 . Midland Railway Miscellaneous Depts . 140 . 23 February 2021.
3. . 1914 . 1859-1866 . Midland Railway Miscellaneous Depts . 188 . 23 February 2021.
4. News: . Riddings . Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald . England . 8 October 1870 . 23 February 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
5. . 1871 . 1871-1879 Coaching . Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts . 410 . 20 February 2021.
6. . 1899 . 1899-1908 Coaching; Piece 1026 . Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts . 454 . 20 February 2021.
7. News: . Over Half-a-Century on the Midland Railway . Sheffield Daily Telegraph . England . 1 April 1921 . 23 February 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
8. News: . Pye Bridge . Ripley and Heanor News and Ilkeston Division Free Press . England . 25 November 1921 . 23 February 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
9. News: . Principally Personal . Biggleswade Chronicle . England . 12 August 1927 . 23 February 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
10. News: . Rushden . Northampton Mercury . England . 27 March 1936 . 23 February 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
11. News: . Codnor Park to Pye Bridge . Nottingham Journal . England . 27 January 1937 . 23 February 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .