Crowden railway station
{{short description|Former railway station in Derbyshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Crowden
| status = Disused
| image = Crowden Station.JPG
| caption = Looking west in September 2009
| borough = Crowden, High Peak
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|53.4914|-1.8740|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name = Grid reference
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SK083994|25|SK083994}}
| original = Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
| pregroup = Great Central Railway
| postgroup = London and North Eastern Railway
| years = {{Start date|1861|07|01|df=yes}}
| events = Station opened
| years1 = {{end date|1957|02|04|df=y}}
| events1 = Station closed
}}
Crowden railway station is a closed railway station on the Woodhead Line between Manchester and Sheffield, that served the hamlet of Crowden, Derbyshire between 1861 and 1957.
History
The section of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway (SA&MR) between {{stnlnk|Dinting}} (then known as Glossop) and {{stnlnk|Woodhead}} opened to public traffic on 8 August 1844, but initially there was no station between {{stnlnk|Hadfield}} and Woodhead.{{cite book |last=Dow |first=George |author-link=George Dow |title=Great Central, Volume One: The Progenitors, 1813-1863 |year=1959 |publisher=Ian Allan |location=Shepperton |isbn=0-7110-1468-X |page=46 }} At the start of 1847, the SA&MR amalgamated with other companies to form the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR).{{harvnb|Dow|1959|p=81}} On 1 August 1897, the MS&LR was renamed the Great Central Railway and this was merged with other railways to form the London and North Eastern Railway on 1 January 1923.
Operation
A local millowner, Brown & Co., donated £50 towards the cost of providing a station at Crowden. Plans were drawn up in April 1857, but the MS&LR decided that the sum of £400 was too much and dropped the idea; however, they did not return the donation. When Brown & Co. complained in May 1860 about their loss, the plan was revived and the station was built, with the MS&LR meeting the balance of the £450 total cost. George Benton of Glossop was contracted for the building work, but the necessary road improvements were provided by Manchester Corporation;{{harvnb|Dow|1959|p=256}} the station being adjacent to the dam at the lower end of the Woodhead Reservoir, which belonged to Manchester Corporation. The station was opened on 1 July 1861.{{cite book |last=Butt |first=R.V.J. |title=The Directory of Railway Stations |year=1995 |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |location=Yeovil |isbn=1-85260-508-1 |id=R508 |page=73 }}
Closure
References
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External links
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{{rail line|previous=Hadfield|next=Woodhead|route=Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Woodhead Line |col={{GCR colour}} }}
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{{Closed stations Derbyshire}}
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Category:Disused railway stations in Derbyshire
Category:Former Great Central Railway stations
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1861