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Opened 6 December 1869 as Castle Donington station this station was renamed Castle Donington and Shardlow in 1901 [4] before being closed to passengers in 1930. [2] [4] It was later closed to freight in 1967. [2] [4] It was demolished soon after. The station was located just to the east of present day station road bridge in Castle Donington ...
It is located within the triangle formed by the cities of Derby (15 km or 9.3 mi), Nottingham (17 km or 11 mi) and Leicester (24 km or 15 mi). It has rail access from the Castle Donington line, road access from junction 24 of the M1 motorway, and lies immediately to the north of East Midlands Airport. It thus unites air, road, and rail freight ...
Approaching the split between Routes 8 and 25, the road expands to six, eight, and even ten lanes. Route 8 continues northeastward into Trumbull where there is an interchange with the Merritt Parkway. From Trumbull, it briefly enters Stratford before entering Shelton passing by several exits providing access to business parks.
Route 34 is 21.88 miles (35.21 km) long, and extends from Newtown near I-84 to Route 10 in New Haven. [2] The highways connects the New Haven and Danbury areas via the Lower Naugatuck River Valley. The portion of the route between New Haven and Derby was an early toll road known as the Derby Turnpike.
It maintained routes to Swadlincote, Derby, Aston-on-Trent and Weston-on-Trent. Bus services for pupils run to Chellaston Academy every morning and afternoon. In October 2019 Midland Classic Buses introduced a bus link to East Midlands Airport and Ashby de la Zouch and a fast route to Swadlincote via an extension of its route 9 service, now ...
The corresponding road on the west side was New England Route 8. In the 1932 state highway renumbering, Highway 200 was renumbered to Route 115, [2] originally running from its current southern end at Route 34 to the intersection of Main Street and Broad Street (both part of the original Route 8). In 1936, Route 8 was relocated to River Street ...
It opened on 6 December 1869 as Castle Donington, when the Midland Railway opened the Weston, Castle Donington and Trent branch. [1] It was renamed Castle Donington and Shardlow on 13 June 1901 [2] before being closed to passengers on 21 September 1930. [3] It was closed to freight in 1967 and was demolished soon after.
Its purpose was to connect Derby with Melbourne via the Castle Donington Line at Chellaston Junction. The entire route was double tracked (with various sidings). However, it failed to generate the projected revenues so passengers services were withdrawn in 1930, although the line remained open to freight services. [2]