Spondon railway station

Spondon
National Rail
General information
LocationSpondon, City of Derby
England
Grid referenceSK397351
Managed byEast Midlands Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeSPO
ClassificationDfT category F2
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 18,726
2019/20Increase 20,908
2020/21Decrease 7,164
2021/22Increase 8,400
2022/23Increase 8,536
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Spondon railway station serves the Spondon area of Derby, England. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway. It is 125 miles 67 chains (202.5 km) north of London St Pancras.

Spondon is a penalty fare station if travelling with EMR. It is an unstaffed station equipped with a permit to travel machine.

History

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Lying on the Derby–Nottingham line, the first station on the site was opened by the Midland Counties Railway (MCR) on 5 June 1839. The fifth station from Nottingham, it was kept by a Mr. Carter.

Trains to Spondon originally left from the north end of Derby station before turning east towards Nottingham. However, on 27 June 1867 the Midland Railway, successor to the MCR, opened a new route towards Nottingham (and London) which led from the south end of Derby station (so that Manchester – London trains would no longer have to reverse at Derby). The new route and the old joined immediately west of Spondon, which was to remain a junction station until 1969, when the original, more northerly, connection to Derby was closed as a through route.

The station was enlarged in the early 20th century to cope with the volume of traffic for the nearby British Celanese plant. In the 1920s, more than 14,000 worked here. The station is also the location of the junction for rail freight traffic into the British Celanese works.

It was planned that both platforms would be extended by up to 25 metres no later than 2012.[1]

Stationmasters

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On 13 August 1924 the station master, Henry Ernest Haines, was killed in the stationmaster’s house when a lorry crashed into the building. The driver of the lorry was heading for the British Celanese works and had crossed the canal bridge when he realised that the level crossing gates were closed. He was unable to stop and rather than run into the gates he steered into the stationmaster’s house and office. [2]

  • Joseph Chambers 1857[3] - 1876
  • G. Bailey 1876 - 1886
  • James C. Chidgey 1886 - 1897[4] (afterwards station master at Redland, Bristol)
  • Samuel Pitt 1897 - 1898[5] (formerly station master at Oakley, Bedfordshire, afterwards station master at Rowsley)
  • Frank Porter 1898 - 1901 (formerly station master at East Langton, afterwards station master at Bakewell)
  • William Cope 1901 - 1909[6] (afterwards station master at Duffield)
  • James Harford 1909? - 1921 (formerly station master at Tibshelf, afterwards station master at Chinley)
  • Henry Ernest Haines 1921 - 1924[7]
  • Ernest J. Brooks 1925 - 1931[8] (formerly station master at Thrapstone)
  • W.B. Barker 1932 - 1940[9]
  • Edmund T. Jackson 1940 - 1947 (formerly station master at Dronfield, afterwards station master at Belper)
  • G.R. Hemmings 1947 Onwards (formerly station master at Rowsley)

Current services

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Train services at Spondon are operated by East Midlands Railway and CrossCountry.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[10]

The station is also served by a small number of CrossCountry services between Cardiff Central, Birmingham New Street and Nottingham.

Prior to May 2021, the station was served by a limited service with regular hourly services being introduced on that year’s timetable change.

Fast trains on the Midland Main Line pass by the station but do not stop.

There is no Sunday service.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
CrossCountry
Monday-Saturday only
East Midlands Railway
Monday-Saturday only
  Historical railways  
Line and station open
Midland Railway
Line open, station closed

References

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  1. ^ "Network Rail CP4 Delivery Plan 2009 Enhancements programme: statement of scope, outputs and milestones" (PDF). Network Rail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Spondon Fatality. Motor Crashes into Station Offices. Station Master Killed". Derby Daily Telegraph. England. 13 August 1924. Retrieved 25 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Fatal Accident on the Midland Railway". Derby Mercury. England. 24 November 1858. Retrieved 24 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Spondon". Derby Mercury. England. 2 June 1897. Retrieved 24 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Midland and G.W.R. Appointment". Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal. England. 1 October 1921. Retrieved 24 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "The Stationmaster Honoured". Belper News. England. 26 March 1909. Retrieved 24 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Spondon Smash. Inquest on the Village Stationmaster". Derby Daily Telegraph. England. 2 February 1931. Retrieved 24 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Stationmaster's Death". Derby Daily Telegraph. England. 2 February 1931. Retrieved 24 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Stationmaster to leave Spondon". Derby Daily Telegraph. England. 7 September 1940. Retrieved 24 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "EMR Regional Train Timetable | Crewe - Newark Castle" (PDF). East Midlands Railway.
  • The Nottingham and Derby Railway Companion, (1839) Republished 1979 with foreword by J.B.Radford, Derbyshire Record Society
  • Higginson, M, (1989) The Midland Counties Railway: A Pictorial Survey, Derby: Midland Railway Trust.
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