Pye Bridge railway station

Pye Bridge railway station served the village of Pye Bridge, Alfreton, England from 1849 to 1967 on the Erewash Valley Line.

Pye Bridge
Location	Pye Bridge, Alfreton England
Coordinates	53.0697°N 1.3418°W
Grid reference	SK442527
Platforms	4
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 December 1851	Opened as Pye Bridge for Alfreton
May 1862	Renamed Pye Bridge
2 January 1967	Closed

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. 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][2]

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. Historic England. "Pye Bridge Station (509022)". PastScape. Retrieved 5 June 2017.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Alfreton		Midland Railway Erewash Valley Line		Codnor Park and Ironville Line open, station closed
Disused railways
Terminus		Midland Railway Ambergate-Pye Bridge line		Butterley Line closed, station open