Wingfield railway station

Wingfield
Wingfield railway station
Location
Place	South Wingfield
Area	Borough of Amber Valley
Operations
Original company	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
11 May 1840	Station opened
1 December 1848	renamed Wingfield (Alfreton) then Wingfield for Alfreton
11 May 1862	renamed Wingfield
2 January 1967	Station closes[1]
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Wingfield railway station was a railway station built by the North Midland Railway on its line between Derby and Leeds which is now part of the Midland Main Line.

From Ambergate the line passes Wingfield with a station which closed in 1967 although the buildings, by Francis Thompson, remain, although in a derelict condition. Nearby is the ruined Wingfield Manor, one of the places where Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned.

In times past this area was important for coal mining, at Oakerthorpe, South Wingfield, with a branch to Shirland ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
2. The North Midland Railway Guide, (1842) Republished 1973, Leeds: Turntable Enterprises
3. Radford, B., (1988) Midland Through the Peak Unicorn Books

Coordinates: 53°05′51″N 1°25′35″W / 53.0975°N 1.4264°W