Pye Hill and Somercotes railway station

Former railway station in Nottinghamshire, England

53°04′11″N 1°20′22″W / 53.0696°N 1.3394°W / 53.0696; -1.3394Grid referenceSK443527Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyGreat Northern RailwayPre-groupingGreat Northern RailwayPost-groupingLondon and North Eastern RailwayKey dates24 March 1877Station opened as Pye Hill8 January 1906Renamed Pye Hill and Somercotes7 January 1963Station closed[1]

Pye Hill and Somercotes railway station was a railway station on the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) on its Derbyshire Extension on the branch between Kimberley and Pinxton.[2] It served the villages of Pye Hill and Somercotes.

The station was opened by the Great Northern Railway on 24 March 1877, and was originally named Pye Hill; it was renamed Pye Hill and Somercotes on 8 January 1906, and closed on 7 January 1963.[1] The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.

Route

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Codnor Park and Selston   Great Northern Railway
GNR Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension
Pinxton Branch 		  Pinxton South

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 192. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  2. ^ Higginson, M., (1989) The Friargate Line:Derby and the Great Northern Railway, Derby: Golden Pingle Publishing
  • Pye Hill and Somercotes Station on navigable 1947 O.S. map (right-hand station of the two shown)
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Closed railway stations in Nottinghamshire
Mansfield RailwayLancashire, Derbyshire
and East Coast RailwayGCR Main LineLeen Valley ExtensionGNR Derbyshire and
Staffordshire ExtensionWorksop to Nottingham LineNottingham Suburban RailwayMansfield to Rolleston JunctionBennerley and Bulwell RailwayNottingham and Melton RailwayGreat Northern and London
and North Western Joint Railway
Great Northern Main LineMidland Counties RailwayGreat Eastern and
Great Northern Joint RailwayOther


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