Stapleford and Sandiacre railway station
# Stapleford and Sandiacre railway station

Stapleford and Sandiacre railway station served the towns of Stapleford, Nottinghamshire and Sandiacre, Derbyshire, England from 1847 to 1967 on the Erewash Valley Line.

## History

The station opened as Sandiacre and Stapleford on 6 September 1847 by the Midland Railway. It closed on 1 May 1872 but a second station opened on the same day. The second station's name was changed to Stapleford and Sandiacre in 1884. It closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 2 January 1967.

## Stationmasters

* John Willoughby 1859 - 1865
* Edward Eagle 1865 - ca. 1866 (formerly station master at Croxall, afterwards station master at Langley Mill)
* Albert C. Bilham until 1872 (afterwards station master at Ilkeston)
* Samuel Hawkins Orchard 1872 - 1906 (formerly stationmaster at Upton on Severn)
* George Ward 1906 - 1911
* Alfred Marston 1911 - 1920 (afterwards stationmaster at Beeston)
* Charles James Waters 1920 - 1941
* S.H. Burditt 1941 - 1950 (formerly stationmaster at Selly Oak)
* Harold Anslow ca. 1958 ca. 1967
