Pye Bridge railway station


Pye Bridge railway station served the village of Pye Bridge, Derbyshire, England from 1851 to 1967 on the Erewash Valley Line.

History

The station opened as Pye Bridge for Alfreton on 1 December 1851 by the Midland Railway. It was renamed Pye Bridge in May 1862. Local passenger services on the Ambergate-Pye Bridge line were stopped on 16 June 1947 and the station closed to both passengers from the Erewash Valley Line and goods traffic on 2 January 1967.

Stationmasters

  • James Slater Ball ca. 1853
  • John Waterson until 1862
  • D. Beattie 1862 - 1863
  • W.J. Jacques from 1863
  • Herbert T. Brown until 1870
  • H.P. Jeffries until 1873
  • James Beebe 1873 - 1905
  • William Frederick Best 1905 - 1921
  • Frank G. Sugars 1921 - 1927
  • C.V. Bunker 1927 - 1936
  • John Hitchens from 1937
  • W.A. Bamford ca. 1955