Creswell  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Creswell,Bolsover England | ||||
| Grid reference | SK523744 | ||||
| Managed by | East Midlands Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | CWD | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1 June 1875 | ||||
| Original company | Midland Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 June 1875 | Opened | ||||
| October 1964 | Closed | ||||
| 1998 | Reopened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  39,550 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 10,664 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  30,718 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 37,078 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 40,532 | ||||
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Creswell railway station serves the villageCreswell inDerbyshire, England. Thestation is on theRobin Hood Line betweenNottingham andWorksop. It is also the nearest station to the larger village ofClowne.
The line and the station was built by theMidland Railway. The station was designed by theMidland Railway company architectJohn Holloway Sanders.[1]
On 24 February 1886[2] it was renamed as Elmton and Creswell to prevent confusion with the nearbyCreswell and Welbeck station opened by theLD&ECR in 1897[3] and closed at the outbreak of WW2.[4]
A branch line veered west immediately north of the station. Its remains are still plainly visible from the north end of the platforms and from Worksop trains. This was theClowne Branch, which wound a very circuitous route throughClowne,Staveley,Barrow Hill andWhittington toChesterfield. It closed to normal passenger traffic in 1954, though Summer holiday trains toBlackpool North continued until 1962.
It remained open to freight traffic until the 1980s when the combination of an underground fire and the need to replace tracks led to its closure. The trackbed was formally protected in case a use was found, such as for opencast traffic or for access to the Markham Enterprise Growth Zone atM1 Junction 29A although this never came into fruition and the tracks were removed and the area landscaped to create the Clowne Branch Line Greenway, a shared bike and walking trail starting in Creswell and culminating atPoolsbrook Country Park.
All services at Creswell are operated byEast Midlands Railway.
On weekdays and Saturdays, the station is generally served by an hourly service northbound toWorksop and southbound toNottingham viaMansfield Woodhouse.[9]
There is currently no Sunday service at the station since the previous service of four trains per day was withdrawn in 2011. Sunday services at the station are due to recommence at the station during the life of the East Midlands franchise.[10]
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langwith-Whaley Thorns or Shirebrook | East Midlands Railway
| Whitwell or Worksop | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
Line open, station closed | Midland Railway | Line and station closed | ||
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