Ramsline Halt railway station

Ramsline Halt
Station in 2011.
General information
Location	Pear Tree, City of Derby England
Coordinates	52.9049°N 1.4654°W / 52.9049; -1.4654
Grid reference	SK360343
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	British Rail
Key dates
20 January 1990 (1990-01-20)	Station opened
1997	Closed

Ramsline Halt is a disused single-platform railway station in the Pear Tree area of Derby, England. It was opened by British Rail in 1990 to serve football specials bringing away supporters to the Baseball Ground, then the home stadium of Derby County F.C. The station cost £320,000 to build, partly funded by the Football Trust, but only four trains ever stopped there.^[1] In 1997 Derby County moved to the new Pride Park Stadium and Ramsline Halt closed. In spite of this, it remains in reasonable condition. There is no current access to it, but it can be seen from Osmaston Road. The station name board is now at the National Football Museum.

The purpose of the station was to prevent crowd trouble and aid policing by keeping visiting supporters away from the main Derby station, the city centre and residential areas.

The station was on a freight-only loop to the west of the main Derby-Birmingham line, between Derby and Peartree.^[2]

References

1. Fair, Thomas (4 July 2022). "Story of closed Derby railway station used just four times in the 90s". Derbyshire Live. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
2. Baker, Stuart K. (1992) [1977]. Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland (7th ed.). Yeovil: Oxford Publishing Co. p. 53, section C1. ISBN 0-86093-502-7. T502.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Derby		Regional Railways Football Specials		Terminus