Barton and Walton railway station

Barton and Walton
Barton and Walton
	Barton and Walton in 1962
Location	Barton-under-Needwood, East Staffordshire; England
Coordinates	52°45′42″N 1°41′48″W / 52.7616°N 1.6967°WCoordinates: 52°45′42″N 1°41′48″W / 52.7616°N 1.6967°W
Grid reference	SK205182
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
12 August 1839	Opened
5 August 1958	Closed[page needed]

Barton and Walton railway station opened in 1839 by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway on its original route from Derby to Hampton-in-Arden meeting the London and Birmingham Railway for London.

The village of Walton-upon-Trent itself is in Derbyshire, but the station was in Staffordshire.

History[]

Pixton suggests that it was initially called Walton,^[2] but Butt does not have any record. Originally it may have simply been a halt, but under the Midland Railway it acquired substantial brick buildings. The Midland would have had to rename it when it opened Walton in 1846 on the Syston and Peterborough line. The station closed in 1958.

Stationmasters[]

John Bridges ca. 1857^[3]
W. Mullings ca. 1860^[4]
J. Taylor until 1873^[5] (afterwards station master at Cudworth)
W. Wood 1873 - 1880^[5] (formerly station master at Finedon, afterwards station master at Helpstone) 
Frederick John Bent 1880^[5] - 1895^[6] (formerly station master at Collingham, afterwards station master at Hassop)
James Collins 1895^[6] - ca. 1916 (formerly station master at Haselour, afterwards station master at Hucknall)
W. Chambers ca. 1933

Route[]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Branston (Staffs) Line open, station closed		Midland Railway Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway		Croxall Line open, station closed
Branston (Staffs) Line open, station closed		London and North Western Railway South Staffordshire Line		Alrewas Line open, station closed

References[]

^ Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
^ Pixton, B., (2005) Birmingham-Derby: Portrait of a Famous Route, Runpast Publishing
^ White’s History, Gazetter and Directory of Derbyshire and Sheffield. Francis White and Co. 1857. p. 390.
^ "1859-1866". Midland Railway Miscellaneous Depts: 249. 1914. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 291. 1871. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 278. 1881. Retrieved 3 January 2022.