Creswell

CRS Code	CWD
Collected date	23/05/15

Creswell station serves the village of Creswell in Derbyshire and sits on the Robin Hood Line. The line runs on a bridge over the village's main east-west road. Looking at the bridge on its west side:

Turn left and we're going up Gypsy Lane:

And from there up the entrance ramp to platform 1:

The shelter on platform 1 is a boring metal and glass affair:

On platform 1 looking north:

Looking south along the line as it runs over the bridge:

Opposite platform 1 we can see the old station building, but it doesn't look to be in a good state:

We have to go back down to the road and under the bridge to get to the other platform. Looking at the bridge from the other side:

At the junction with Station Road, which leads to platform 2, is this wheel:

Past industrial units on the left (which obscure any closer view of the station building) we arrive in the car park:

The ramped entrance to platform 2:

On platform 2 looking south:

Looking north along the line from the end of platform 2:

A little way to the north is the signalbox which controls the crossover and once also controlled the junction with the Clowne branch:

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