title: Stapleford and Sandiacre railway station
text: # Stapleford and Sandiacre railway station
  
  Stapleford and Sandiacre railway station served the towns of Stapleford, Nottinghamshire and Sandiacre, Derbyshire, England from 1847 to 1967 on the Erewash Valley Line.
  
  ## History
  
  The station opened as Sandiacre and Stapleford on 6 September 1847 by the Midland Railway. It closed on 1 May 1872 but a second station opened on the same day. The second station's name was changed to Stapleford and Sandiacre in 1884. It closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 2 January 1967.
  
  ## Stationmasters
  
  * John Willoughby 1859 - 1865
  * Edward Eagle 1865 - ca. 1866 (formerly station master at Croxall, afterwards station master at Langley Mill)
  * Albert C. Bilham until 1872 (afterwards station master at Ilkeston)
  * Samuel Hawkins Orchard 1872 - 1906 (formerly stationmaster at Upton on Severn)
  * George Ward 1906 - 1911
  * Alfred Marston 1911 - 1920 (afterwards stationmaster at Beeston)
  * Charles James Waters 1920 - 1941
  * S.H. Burditt 1941 - 1950 (formerly stationmaster at Selly Oak)
  * Harold Anslow ca. 1958 ca. 1967
  