Pleasley West railway station

Pleasley West
General information
LocationOld Chesterfield Road, Pleasley,
Bolsover & Mansfield
England
Coordinates53°10′34″N 1°15′11″W / 53.1760°N 1.2530°W / 53.1760; -1.2530
Grid referenceSK 501 644
Platforms2 originally, reduced to 1 before 1950
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Post-groupingLMSR
Key dates
11 May 1886Opened as "Pleasley", Teversall & Pleasley Branch
1 September 1890Opened Doe Lea Branch
28 July 1930[1]Both lines closed to timetabled passenger traffic
1950Renamed "Pleasley West"
1963Last excursion train
3 March 1964Line severed to the North[2]
7 January 1981Line closed completely
by November 1982Tracks lifted

Pleasley West was a railway station on the Doe Lea line in Pleasley, Derbyshire, England on the border of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. It opened in 1886 and closed to scheduled services in 1930, though it was served by excursion trains until 1964.

  1. ^ Butt 1995, p. 186.
  2. ^ Anderson & Cupit 2000, p. 45.