View 4 Images The location of the former railway station, between the bridge and the overpass (Image: Derby Telegraph)‌Currently, residents survive on buses, taxis and cars, with Burton in Staffordshire being the nearest railway station for connections to Derby, Birmingham and further afield. View 4 Images Houses in Castle Road alongside the former Ivanhoe Line (Image: Derby Telegraph)“The Government would have to prove it can make money. ‌View 4 Images Photographs from the book 'One & Two Halves to Castle, Please' by Gill and Alan Hiley, tracing the history of Castle Gresley and Brooks Buses. Castle Gresley Station with Gresley Colliery in the background. The proposed reintroduction of a railway station in Castle Gresley, close to Swadlincote, and a further new stop in south Derbyshire at Drakelow, are viewed as potentially “transformational” for the area.