Westhouses and Blackwell railway station

Westhouses and Blackwell railway station is a former railway station in Westhouses, and Blackwell, Derbyshire on the Derbyshire border west of Mansfield. The line served as a junction for both the modern-day Erewash Valley Line and a branch line to Pleasley West.

Westhouses and Blackwell
A freight train at the station in 1957
General information
Location	Westhouses, Derbyshire, England England
Coordinates	53.117143°N 1.368375°W / 53.117143; -1.368375
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	LMSR
Key dates
17 October 1881	Opened
1933	Pleasley branch line closed to passengers
2 January 1967	Station closed
Location

History

Not much is recorded about the station other than it was opened in 1881. The station building was of typical Midland Railway build and closed to passenger services to Pleasley in 1930. The station closed on 2 January 1967,^[1][2] and nothing remains of the station. The line remains open to services on the Erewash Valley Line. The branch to Pleasley is now the Silverhill Trail.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Alfreton		Erewash Valley Line Midland Railway		Doe Hill
Tibshelf & Newton		Pleasley Branch Midland Railway		Alfreton