Sawley railway station

Sawley railway station was a station at Breaston in Derbyshire.

Sawley
The site of the station in 2022
General information
Location	Breaston, Erewash England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Midland Counties Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
4 June 1839	First opened
30 June 1840 approx	renamed Sawley
1 December 1930	Closed

History

It was opened as Breaston in 1839 for the Midland Counties Railway, which shortly joined the North Midland Railway and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway to form the Midland Railway.

The third station from Nottingham was soon named Sawley to prevent confusion with Beeston.

It was far from both settlements, and when Draycott was opened in 1852 and, particularly, Sawley Junction in 1888, it became superfluous and was closed in 1930.

The line is now part of the Midland Main Line between Long Eaton and Derby.

Services

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Draycott and Breaston Line open, station closed		Midland Railway Midland Main Line		Long Eaton Line and station open

Bibliography

• The Nottingham and Derby Railway Companion, (1839) Republished 1979 with foreword by J.B.Radford, Derbyshire Record Society
• Higginson, M, (1989) The Midland Counties Railway: A Pictorial Survey, Derby: Midland Railway Trust.