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| XC 170 398 heads through Spondon |
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| Type: | National Rail (Derwent Valley Line) |
| Station code: | SPO |
| Opened: | 1839 |
| Platforms: | 2 |
The station was opened by the Midlands Counties Railway in 1839 on it's line from Derby to Nottingham. Originally trains from Derby to Nottingham (and through Spondon) departed from the North but in 1867 the Midland Railway opened a new route to Nottingham from the South. Both routes remained in use until 1969, the junction being just to the West of Spondon. The Northern route was closed.
The station was adjacent to a British Celanese plant, worker traffic drove the need to enlarge the station in the 1920s. The station had a goods yard and the British Celanese plant it's own railway network [1]. Nowadays the station is unstaffed station with an hourly service in both directions. Access between the platforms is via a footbridge or the road level crossing at the Western end of the platforms. The station is managed by East Midlands Railway.
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Nottingham - Long Eaton - Derby (Middleton Press, 2020) Map. XIV
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| Level crossing |
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| View down the platform |
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| 37 608 roars through the level crossing |
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| Former station building |
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| Footbridge and level crossing beyond |
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Nottingham - Long Eaton - Derby (Middleton Press, 2020) Map. XIV
