Monument record MNT29166 - Derbyshire And Staffordshire Railway

Summary

Dismantled railway. The Great Northern Railway, facing exclusion from the profitable Nottinghamshire coalfields, proposed a far reaching scheme to break the Midlands Railway's near monopoly in the Erewash Valley. The scheme was to run a line, from Colwick on the Nottingham and Grantham line, north to tap the undeveloped Bestwood coalfield, which lacked rail access. It would then veer west to Kimberley and the Erewash Valley. There, at Awsworth Junction, the line split, running north to Pinxton, the other continuing to Deby and on to Eggington Junction, where it linked with the North Staffordshire Line. It would therefore obtain coal outlets to both the east and west. The scheme was authorised in 1872, the Colwick - Pinxton section being completed in 1875, the Awsworth - Eggington section starting in 1875 and being completed in 1878. The Awsworth - Pinxton line closed in 1963 followed by the Derby section in 1964. Goods traffic ended in 1968.

Location

Grid reference Not recorded
Map sheet Not recorded
District Broxtowe
District Gedling
District Nottingham

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Great Northern Railway between Eggington Junction (junction with North Staffordshire Railway north of Burton-Upon-Trent) - SK 258 295 and Carlton West Junction (Nottingham) - SK 620 408 opened to passengers on 1st April 1878.
Passenger services were withdrawn between Eggington Junction and Derby Friargate on 4th December 1939, between Carlton West Junction and New Basford on 12th March 1962 and between New Basford and Derby Friargate on 7th September 1964.
Shown as dismantled on OS 1:10000 1978 between Mickleover - SK 308 539 and Gedling Colliery - SK 615 434; the section between Eggington Junction and Mickleover was in use as test track until 9th July 1990 and the section from Carlton West Junction (Netherfield East) to Gedling Colliery closed completely on 15th November 1991. (1-5)

1 The east Midlands
Folded map attached to lining paper inside back cover 1976 by Robin Leleux 128-9 145-6 180 vol.9 Leleux R. 1976. Regional History of Railways of Great Britain - The East Midlands. 128-129, 145-146, 180. Newton Abbott.
2 VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer 3rd Edition. 1962. Ian Allan, London.
3 VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION Daniels G & Dench L A. 1973. Passengers No More 2nd Edition. 48-49. Ian Allan, London.
4 VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION Hurst G. 1992. Register of Closed Railways 1948-1991. 16,19,28,79-80. Worksop.
5 VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION Ordnance Survey Linear Archive File LINEAR 125 in NMRC


Historic England, 2021, National Record of Historic Environment (Digital archive). SNT5271.

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  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. 2021. National Record of Historic Environment.

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Record last edited

Oct 14 2026 1:57PM

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