Bolsover South railway station

Bolsover South is a former railway station in the village of Carr Vale, in Bolsover, Derbyshire, England. It was a stop on the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway between 1897 and 1951.

History

The station was opened by the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway (LD&ECR) in March 1897, as Bolsover. It was built in Carr Vale and was one of only two places on the LD&ECR where a level crossing was necessary,Bolsover South level crossing via Picture the Past the other being . To the west was Doe Lea Viaduct and to the east was a limestone ridge, through which it was necessary to drive the notorious Bolsover Tunnel. To the east of this was the next station at .

The station architecture was in the company's characteristic modular style with much glazing as were, for example, , and .

Flash floods hit the area on 27 July 1912 and again on 26 August.Bolsover South & Carr Vale History via Old Miner

It was closed to all traffic by British Railways in December 1951, primarily due to the prohibitive cost of repairing and maintaining Bolsover Tunnel. Track lifting started immediately after closure and was completed within weeks, though the station building survived as an increasingly vandalised eyesore for some years.

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