BR standard class 7 70017 Arrow rounds the curve at Ambergate with The Palatine, September 1958.

Ambergate railway station is a railway station serving the village of Ambergate in Derbyshire. The station is located on the Derwent Valley Line from Derby to Matlock, which diverges from the Midland Main Line just south of the station at Ambergate Junction. Image File history File links 70017_Arrow_at_Amergate_with_the_Palatine,_9-1958. ... Image File history File links 70017_Arrow_at_Amergate_with_the_Palatine,_9-1958. ... British Railways standard class 7, otherwise known as the Britannia Class was a class of steam locomotive, one British Railways standard classes of the 1950s. ... Look up September in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ... Ambergate is a village in Derbyshire, England, where the River Amber joins the River Derwent. ... Derbyshire (pronounced Dar-bee-shur) is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of Englands most attractive scenery. ... The Derwent Valley Line is a railway line from Derby to Matlock in Derbyshire. ... Derby (pronounced dar-bee ) is a city in the East Midlands of England. ... Matlock Map sources for Matlock at grid reference SK298601 Matlock is the county town of Derbyshire, England. ... This article is about the Midland Main Line railway route. ...

It has a complicated history. The original station was built for the North Midland Railway in 1840, between Derby and Leeds. It was an ornate building, by Francis Thompson., which would have graced a Lord of the Manor. The North Midland Railway was a British railway company, opened in 1840, from Derby to Rotherham (Masborough) and Leeds. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Derby (pronounced dar-bee ) is a city in the East Midlands of England. ... Leeds is a city in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire in the north of England. ... Francis Thompson (1808)-(1895) was for many years architect for the North Midland Railway. ...

From Belper the line ran along the Derwent Valley, along a stretch called Broadholme, with four bridges across the river, through Longlands Tunnel, across the River Derwent and Derby road with a magnificent five-arch viaduct. It then entered Hag Wood Tunnel as turned towards the Amber Valley. Map sources for Belper at grid reference SK351476 Belper is a town in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England. ... The Derwent is a river in the county of Derbyshire, England. ... Toadmoor Tunnel (originally called Hag Wood Tunnel) was built at Ambergate as part of the North Midland Railway, which opened in 1840. ... The River Amber is a river in Derbyshire, which rises near Ashover, near Clay Cross, and flows southwards through Ogston Reservoir to Pentrich then westwards to join the River Derwent at Ambergate. ...

The station building was just north of this tunnel. Shortly afterwards a proposal was made for an "Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway" which however never materialised, apart from a stretch between Colwick and Grantham. Colwick is a suburb in the east of Greater Nottingham in England. ... Grantham is a small market town in Lincolnshire, England with about 40,000 inhabitants. ...

However, in 1849, the branch from Ambergate to Rowsley was built by the proposed Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway, with a west to north connection between the lines at the original Ambergate Junction. When a south to west connection was made, for trains from Derby to Rowsley, in 1863 the station building was rebuilt adjacent to the new Ambergate South junction. The original bridge was also widened at its northern end to accomodate the new junction. 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Rowsley is a village on the A6 road in the English county of Derbyshire. ... The Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway initially served neither Manchester or the Midlands, since its connection with the North Midland Railway at Ambergate Junction, was in a northerly direction. ... 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar). ...

In 1867 the Rowsley line had reached New Mills, which meant that the Midland Railway could operate from London to Manchester and Liverpool. 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... New Mills Central railway station serving the town of New Mills, is on the Stockport to Sheffield line. ... The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom which existed from 1844 to 1922. ... St Pancras station is a railway station in north central London, United Kingdom, between the new British Library building to its west and Kings Cross station to the east. ... Manchester is a city in the North West of England, UK. The place is named from the old British name Mamucium plus ceaster, derived from the old Latin Castra. Manchester is a metropolitan borough with city status. ... Liverpool waterfront by night, as seen from the Wirral. ...

Another line opened through Butterley to Pye Bridge, near Ironville in the Erewash Valley. Much of its business was coal traffic from Nottinghamshire to Manchester and Liverpool, avoiding Derby. Ironville in Derbyshire built by the Butterley Company as a model village to house its workers, around 1830 It is situated between Riddings and Codnor Park, near to Pye Hill and the bend in the Cromford Canal where its turns southward down the Erewash Valley and the junction with its... The Erewash Valley is the valley of the River Erewash on the border of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire as far as the River Trent. ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ...

In 1876 a loop was built passing the west side of Hag Wood Tunnel, as a diversion from the original line to a third platform, which allowed for Derby to Sheffield stopping trains. The station was completely rebuilt, with the old building remaining in use a plans store. This third and final station was the famous triangular one, one of only three in the country. 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in the north of England. ...

Throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Ambergate was an important railway interchange with 28,207 tickets sold in 1872 rising to 90,157 by 1922. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar (often from (1900 to 1999 in common usage). ... 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1931 the line across Broadholme approaching from the south was upgraded to four tracks. Longlands Tunnel was opened up to form a wide cutting and the junction with the Manchester line was moved south of the river. A new modern steel bridge for the Manchester line was built alongside the original viaduct over the River Derwent and the A6 main road. 1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... This article is about the A6 road in England. ...

From Ambergate, the next difficulty for the North Midland Railway was the intersection with the Cromford Canal, where a complex aqueduct was built, before it carried on through a station at Wingfield to Stretton. The Cromford Canal ran 14. ... The Bull Bridge Aqueduct was situated on the Cromford Canal, built in 1794, at Bullbridge east of Ambergate along the Amber Valley where it turned sharply to cross the valley and the Ambergate to Nottingham road. ... Wingfield Manor is a deserted (since the 1770s) house some 4 miles from the town of Alfreton in the English county of Derbyshire. ... Stretton railway station was a railway station built by the North Midland Railway in 1840 which no longer exists. ...

Ambergate station as it is now.

Most of the trackwork on the Manchester line was lifted in 1968 at the same time as the line from Rowsley to Manchester was closed. The station buildings were removed in 1970. Although the triangular station site remained for a number of years the road bridges were finally removed in the late 1980's. All that is left now is a platform on a single track to Matlock, and the original main Derby to Sheffield line through Hag Wood (Toadmoor) Tunnel, Clay Cross and Chesterfield. Image File history File links Ambergate_railway_station. ... Image File history File links Ambergate_railway_station. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Clay Cross railway station was a railway station built by the North Midland Railway in 1840 which no longer exists. ... Chesterfield railway station is a medium-sized railway station to the east of Chesterfield town centre (Derbyshire). ...

The station is served by Central Trains, who operate local services from Derby to Matlock. Services are formed using diesel multiple units of Classes 150, 153, 156, 158 or 170. Central Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom, running local and cross-country trains in central England. ... DMU of Great Poland Voivodship in Poznan, Poland A diesel multiple unit (DMU) can be: a multiple unit powered by a diesel engine. ... Class 150/2, no. ... Class 153, no. ... Class 156, no. ... Class 158, no. ... Class 170/2, no. ...

References

• Pixton, B., (2000) North Midland: Portrait of a Famous Route, Chelteham: Runpast Publishing

External links

• Train times for Ambergate railway station
• Map of the station in 1887 showing the triangular layout
• Other map and photo sources
• "Picture the Past" Original station building at Ambergate
• "Picture the Past" Triangular Station circa 1910

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Belper		Central Trains (Derwent Valley Line)		Whatstandwell