Codnor Park and Selston railway station

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.

Codnor Park and Selston
Station location (1989)
LocationAshfield
England
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Northern Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Northern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 August 1876Station opens as Codnor Park and Selston
22 May 1901renamed Codnor Park for Ironville and Jacksdale
1 July 1950renamed Jacksdale
7 January 1963Station closes[1]

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
  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
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Eastwood and Langley Mill   Great Northern Railway
GNR Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension
Pinxton Branch		   Pye Hill and Somercotes


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