Hammersmith railway station

Re-created station as a dead-end railway terminus

53°3′47″N 1°24′32″W / 53.06306°N 1.40889°W / 53.06306; -1.40889Grid referenceSK396519Operated byMidland Railway – ButterleyPlatforms1Key dates1968Closure of Ambergate–Pye Bridge line?Station opened

Midland Railway
– Butterley

Legend

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

Legend

					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

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

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.