Scropton railway station

Scropton
Location
Place	South Derbyshire
Area	Derbyshire
Coordinates	52°52′06″N 1°42′55″W / 52.8684°N 1.7153°WCoordinates: 52°52′06″N 1°42′55″W / 52.8684°N 1.7153°W
Grid reference	SK192301
Operations
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Platforms	2
History
1849–50	Opened[1]
1866	Closed to passengers[2]
7 December 1964	Closed to goods traffic[3]
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Scropton railway station was a short-lived railway station in Derbyshire, England.

The railway line between Uttoxeter and Burton-on-Trent was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1848^[4] and a station to serve the village of Scropton was opened at about the same time (the actual date is imprecise but the station was mentioned in timetables issued in 1849–50).^[1]

The station remained open only for a short time before being closed at the beginning of 1866.^[1] After closure the station site was used for exchange sidings between the narrow gauge Scropton Tramway and the NSR.^[5]

References

Notes

1. Quick (2009), p. 345.
2. Quick (2009), p. 244.
3. Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 307.
4. Christiansen & Miller (1971), p. 299.
5. Jeuda (2012), p. 146.

Sources

• Jeuda, Basil (2012). The North Staffordshire Railway in LMS days. 2. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. ISBN 978-1899889-65-5.
• Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.