Norbury and Ellaston railway station

Norbury and Ellaston railway station was opened in 1852 by the North Staffordshire Railway at Norbury north of Ashbourne, Derbyshire.[2]

Norbury and Ellaston
Location
Area	Derbyshire Dales
Grid reference	SK122422
Operations
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Pre-grouping	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Railways
Platforms	2
History
31 May 1852	Station opened as Norbury
November 1901	renamed Norbury and Ellastone
2 April 1923	renamed Norbury and Ellaston
1 November 1954	regular services passenger services end
c. April 1958	Station closed[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

(There is a later Norbury station originally opened in Surrey by the LB&SCR in 1868)

It was on a branch from Rocester to Ashbourne and in 1899 it was met by the Ashbourne Line built by the London and North Western Railway from Buxton.

Regular passenger services finished in 1954, freight ended in 1956 but occasional special excursion trains used the station until 1958.

Route

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Clifton Mayfield		North Staffordshire Railway Ashbourne Line		Rocester

See also

• Cromford and High Peak Railway

References

1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
2. Bentley, J.M., Fox, G.K., (1997) Railways of the High Peak: Buxton to Ashbourne (Scenes From The Past series 32), Romiley: Foxline Publishing