by Editor | Jul 1, 2026 | Transport, Social Histories
Article taken from Stanton and Staveley News, February 1967 “Some people call them barges, but this isn’t true. Barges, you see, are bigger vessels which will carry between 80 and 100 tons, whereas a canal boat – that’s what I lived on for over 40...
by Editor | Mar 5, 2024 | Ilkeston and District Heritage, Transport
Ilkeston Town Station, not long after re-opening in 1879. Situated at the bottom of Bath Street, Ilkeston Town Station stood roughly where the large traffic island now stands. The goods yard and long platform stretched out eastwards through the modern ‘Tesco’ store....
by Editor | Dec 18, 2023 | Transport
(A longer read) The provision of a railway along the Erewash Valley was first discussed as early as 1824, but for various reasons that railway was never built. Commercial pressures ensured that the idea of a railway through the Erewash Valley remained an attractive...
by Editor | Dec 18, 2023 | Transport
Tram No. 5 passing the Park Road depot, shortly after Opening Day. Ilkeston holds the distinction of being the first town in Derbyshire to have adopted and operated a fully electrical tramway system. An application to install an electric tramway system in Ilkeston had...
