Talk:Derby Tri Junct railway station

Chevin - Nice article - perhaps just a little too enthusiastic for its subject to be truly NPOV? Bob Linuxlad

People, perhaps, don't know much about Derby's history. I've seen text books that write as if Cromford is close to Manchester, for instance and, of course, Nottingham is a much bigger city. I felt it necessary to explain why: Chevin 18:03, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Derby investors had money burning holes in their pockets
 * Why they needed transport
 * Why the railway, compared with Nottingham investors relative lack of interest. See Midland Counties Railway

Castle Fields
There is some confusion as to the location of Castle Fields. Pixton suggests an original proposal was the station to be "nearer the town centre at Castle Fields, yet most writers record the present site as Castle Fields, indeed the National Heritage has the North Midlands address as Castle Fields. Today the Main Centre, part of the Eagle Centre, is also known as Castle Fields, and the original Castle, which disappeared just after the Norman Conquest was on what later became Cockpit Hill. On the other hand, Burdett's map of 1791 shows Castle Fields as a house in the area of what is now Liversage Street. I would imagine that it was originally a farm of that name. Castle Ward extends over this area, though oddly, the station is in Litchurch Ward. Chevin 11:52, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

Earlier Station to the South
In the first attempt at this article, I included a rumour that the station was originally further south, but I couldn't find any confirmation, nor did it seem likely. I have more recently found a document by the Derbyshire Archaeological Society suggesting that there was such a station - a temporary arrangement in 1839 by the Brirmingham And Derby Junction Railway. Chevin 08:34, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

Castlefields
I've at last managed to sort out the problem with Castlefields.Chevin 16:05, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Designer
My copy of Pevsner (Buildings of England, Derbyshire, 2nd edition, 1978, edited by Williamson) says of Midland Station 'Incorporated into the building is the tower of Francis Thompson's celebrated Trijunct Station of 1839-41, built jointly for 3 companies. ... Anyone know if it's still there after the recent mods?
 * There were two towers, one at each end. What Pevsner must be talking about is after the refurbishment of the booking hall and the addition by the Midland of the porte-cochere at the front(I think that what its called,) like Nottingham and Leicester. However since the 1990 rebuild it's all gone. 16:59, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Castlefields (again)
I have finally found good information. Castlefields was an estate extending from the present Castlefields in the Eagle Centre out to Litchurch parish. Hence the station was, after all, built in Castlefields, but not nearer the town as some literature suggests. Chevin 07:24, 22 December 2005 (UTC)