Clay Lane railway station

Clay Lane railway station was a small station on the Ashover Light Railway and it served the western area of Clay Cross in North East Derbyshire, England. The station had a wooden shelter and a telephone box. It was located about a quarter of a mile from the main street in Clay Cross, near the Royal Oak public house. The points were laid for a siding, but this was never built, due to meagre goods traffic. Despite this, passenger traffic was initially good. After closure in 1950. The site was demolished and nothing remains of the station or trackbed.[1][2][3][4]

Clay Lane
General information
LocationClay Cross, North East Derbyshire
England
Coordinates53°09′43″N 1°25′08″W / 53.162073°N 1.418805°W / 53.162073; -1.418805
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondon, Midland & Scottish Railway
Pre-groupingLondon, Midland & Scottish Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland & Scottish Railway
Key dates
7 April 1925Opened
14 September 1936Passenger services ended
by 1950Line and station closed

References

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  1. ^ "The Ashover Light Railway Society » The Route".
  2. ^ "Ashover Light Railway".
  3. ^ "The Ashover Light Railway – Part 2". 19 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Ashover Light Railway – Clay Cross Today".


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Springfield, ALR
Line and station closed
  London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Ashover Light Railway
  Stretton
Line and station closed
Disused railways