Hammersmith railway station

Not to be confused with Hammersmith tube station (disambiguation) or Hammersmith (Grove Road) railway station.

Hammersmith railway station is a heritage railway station on the Midland Railway – Butterley in Derbyshire.

Hammersmith
Station on heritage railway
View towards Butterley.
General information
Location	Hammersmith, Amber Valley England
Coordinates	53°3′47″N 1°24′32″W
Grid reference	SK396519
Operated by	Midland Railway – Butterley
Platforms	1
Key dates
1968	Closure of Ambergate–Pye Bridge line
?	Station opened

Midland Railway – Butterley
Ambergate–Pye Bridge line  A38  Hammersmith Butterley Reservoir Butterley Swanwick Junction Swanwick Colliery Riddings Ironville Codnor Park Junction Ironville Junction River Erewash Riddings Junction Pye Bridge Erewash Valley line to Trent │ towards Chesterfield

Ambergate–Pye Bridge Line
Erewash Valley Line Pye Bridge Erewash Valley Line Swanwick Colliery Swanwick Junction Butterley Hammersmith Ripley Branch Hartshay Colliery Midland Main Line Ambergate Derwent Valley Line Midland Main Line

There was no station at this point originally, being situated on the Ambergate–Pye Bridge line. However, when the line was reopened, the A38 road prevented any further westward extension.

Hammersmith is used as terminus with a run-around loop. Trains normally proceed from here eastwards without stopping at Butterley railway station which they left a few minutes previously. The location of the terminus allows passengers to cross the causeway over Butterley Reservoir.

There is no vehicular access at this point although a public footpath runs across the end of the platform; passengers are instead advised to use Butterley railway station.

The signal box at Hammersmith was originally at Kilby Bridge in Leicestershire. Built in 1900, it was closed by British Rail on 29 June 1986 and moved to the Centre in August 1986. It was re-erected at Hammersmith in 1987 and commissioned in September 1989. It is a standard Midland Railway type 3B box.

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Terminus		Midland Railway - Butterley		Butterley