Unstone railway station was a station in Derbyshire

Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...

, 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...

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It was built by 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....

 in 1870 on what is known to railwaymen as the "New Road" to Sheffield. This bypassed the North Midland Railway

North Midland Railway

The North Midland Railway was a British railway company, which opened its line from Derby to Rotherham and Leeds in 1840.At Derby it connected with the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway and the Midland Counties Railway at what became known as the Tri Junct Station...

's original line, which had avoided Sheffield due to the gradients involved, and came to be known as the "Old Road".

Originally called Unston until 1908, when the "e" was added. It had timber buildings without canopies. It closed to passengers in 1951, finally closing for goods services in 1961.

From Unstone the line continued the long 1 in 100 climb to Dronfield

Dronfield railway station

Dronfield railway station serves the town of Dronfield in Derbyshire, England , south of Sheffield, on the Midland Main Line between Chesterfield and Sheffield....