Denby railway station

Ripley, Italy

Denby railway station was a railway station which served the village of Denby in Derbyshire, England. It was opened in 1856 as Smithy Houses by the Midland Railway to on its Ripley branch from Little Eaton Junction (approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Derby) to Ripley. Denby itself is a fairly s

cattered community, but the main part was about a mile (1.6 km) away. From November 1858 the timetables began to refer to "Denbey", with the Post Office spelling being adopted in February 1878. Initially there was a low platform on the up-side, but a new higher platform to match those of the other stations was added at some time later on the down-side. An important cargo was coal all from the many mines and opencast workings. An amount of ironstone was also worked but was of low quality. This meant that the local Denby Iron and Coal Company with their four furnaces 45 feet (14 m) high — later increased to 60 feet (18 m) — had to import their ironstone from outside the area. They also imported their coal since the local output was of domestic quality rather than being suitable for smelting. The railway provided a siding for this company and also built a facility for processing the slag from...

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