Norbury and Ellaston railway station

Norbury
Operations
Original company	North Staffordshire Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
History
31 May 1852	Station opened
November 1901	renamed Norbury and Ellastone
2 April 1923	renamed Norbury and Ellaston
1 November 1954	regular services end
circa April 1958	Station closed[1]
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Norbury and Ellaston railway station was opened in 1852 by the North Staffordshire Railway at Norbury grid reference SK122422 south of Ashbourne, Derbyshire.^[2]

(There is a later Norbury station originally opened in Surrey by the LB&SCR in 1868)

It was on a branch from Rocester to Ashbourne and in 1899 it was met by the Ashbourne Line built by the London and North Western Railway from Buxton.

Passenger services finished in 1954 and freight ended in 1956

Route

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Clifton Mayfield		North Staffordshire Railway Ashbourne Line		Rocester

See also

• Cromford and High Peak Railway

References

1. ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
2. ^ Bentley, J.M., Fox, G.K., (1997) Railways of the High Peak: Buxton to Ashbourne (Scenes From The Past series 32), Romiley: Foxline Publishing

Coordinates: 52°58′37″N 1°49′11″W / 52.97701°N 1.81976°W / 52.97701; -1.81976