Creswell and Wellbeck railway station
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Creswell and Welbeck railway station was a railway station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

 in Creswell, Derbyshire
Creswell, Derbyshire
Creswell is a village located in Bolsover, near Worksop, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. It is best known for Creswell Crags and Creswell Model Village....

, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It was opened by the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway
Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway
The Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway was a British railway company built toward the end of the era of British railway construction. It opened its line from Chesterfield to Lincoln in 1897....

 in March 1897 and closed in 1939.

From Shirebrook
Shirebrook North railway station
Shirebrook North railway station was a former railway station in Shirebrook, Derbyshire. It was opened by the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway in March 1897 and closed by British Railways in September 1955.It was originally called Langwith Junction, and gave this name to the...

 the line ran northwards parallel to the Midland Railway
Midland Railway
The Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....

's line, for about two miles, then veered north west to Creswell and Welbeck
Welbeck
Welbeck is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, slightly to the south-west of Worksop.Welbeck became a coal-mining centre in 1912 and has a famous stately home, Welbeck Abbey, home of the Dukes of Portland, and which was founded in the twelfth century as a monastery.Among the famous people from...

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The Midland Railway
Midland Railway
The Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....

 line continued northwards to a station at Elmton and Creswell
Creswell railway station
Creswell railway station serves the village Creswell in Derbyshire, England. The station is on the Robin Hood Line between Nottingham and Worksop. It is also the nearest station to the larger village of Clowne....

 which has been reopened in recent years as part of the Robin Hood Line
Robin Hood Line
The Robin Hood Line is a railway line running from Nottingham to Worksop, Nottinghamshire. The stations between Shirebrook and Whitwell are in Derbyshire.The towns and villages served by the route are listed below:*Nottingham*Bulwell*Hucknall...

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The line then climbed at 1 in 100 to Clowne.
Clowne South railway station
Clowne South railway station was a former railway station in Clowne, Derbyshire. It was opened by the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway in March 1897 and closed in 1939...

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