Pye Hill and Somercotes railway station

Pye Hill and Somercotes railway station was a railway station on the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) on its Derbyshire Extension on the branch between Kimberley and Pinxton.^[2] It served the villages of Pye Hill and Somercotes.

Pye Hill and Somercotes
General information
Location	Pye Hill, Ashfield England
Coordinates	53.0696°N 1.3394°W / 53.0696; -1.3394
Grid reference	SK443527
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Northern Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
24 March 1877	Station opened as Pye Hill
8 January 1906	Renamed Pye Hill and Somercotes
7 January 1963	Station closed[1]

The station was opened by the Great Northern Railway on 24 March 1877, and was originally named Pye Hill; it was renamed Pye Hill and Somercotes on 8 January 1906, and closed on 7 January 1963.^[1] The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.

Route

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Codnor Park and Selston		Great Northern Railway GNR Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension Pinxton Branch		Pinxton South

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 192. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
2. Higginson, M., (1989) The Friargate Line:Derby and the Great Northern Railway, Derby: Golden Pingle Publishing

External links

• Pye Hill and Somercotes Station on navigable 1947 O.S. map (right-hand station of the two shown)