Southwell railway station

Southwell
Southwell railway station in 2008
Location
Grid reference	SK705544
Operations
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 July 1847	Opened
1871	Rebuilt in stone
15 June 1959	Closed to passengers
1964	Closed for freight
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Southwell railway station was a railway station serving the town of Southwell, Nottinghamshire.

The station at Southwell opened on 1 July 1847 as a branch line from the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway at Fiskerton railway station^[1] In 1862 gas lighting was introduced.^[2]

In 1871 the line was extended to Mansfield. The contractors for the construction were Eckersley and Baylis.^[3] The cast iron bridges on the route were built by Handyside and Co of Derby.^[4] The Midland Railway took the opportunity to rebuild the platform shelters and the station master's house were dismantled and rebuilt at Beeston railway station.

The Mansfield to Southwell section, which passed through a mining area closed to passengers in 1929,^[5] but the Southwell to Rolleston Junction section remained open until 1959 and freight services ended in 1964.

This route is now a trail. Rolleston Junction station remains open, now called Rolleston, and is close to Southwell Racecourse about three miles southeast of Southwell.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Rolleston Junction Line closed, station open		Midland Railway Rolleston Junction to Mansfield		Kirklington Line and station closed
Fiskerton Line closed, station open		Midland Railway Fiskerton to Mansfield		Kirklington Line and station closed

References

↑ "Nottingham and Lincoln Railway". Leicestershire Mercury. British Newspaper Archive. 3 July 1847. Retrieved 29 August 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
↑ Nottinghamshire Guardian - 4 April 1862
↑ Sheffield Daily Telegraph - 24 February 1871
↑ Derby Mercury - 8 March 1871
↑ Derby Daily Telegraph - 3 August 1929

Coordinates: 53°04′55″N 0°56′46″W / 53.081883°N 0.94613°W / 53.081883; -0.94613

Closed railway stations in Nottinghamshire

Mansfield Railway	Mansfield Central Sutton-in-Ashfield Central Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central Pinxton North

Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway	Warsop Clipstone Edwinstowe Ollerton Boughton (Nottinghamshire) Tuxford Central Dukeries Junction Fledborough Clifton-on-Trent Doddington and Harby

GCR Main Line	Hollinwell and Annesley Annesley South Junction Halt Hucknall Central Bulwell Hall Halt Bulwell Common New Basford Carrington Nottingham Victoria Nottingham Arkwright Street Ruddington Rushcliffe Halt East Leake

Leen Valley Extension	Skegby Sutton-in-Ashfield Town Newstead and Annesley Linby (Great Northern) Hucknall Town Butler's Hill Bestwood Colliery Bulwell Forest

GNR Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension	Pinxton South Pye Hill and Somercotes Codnor Park and Selston Newthorpe, Greasley and Shipley Gate Awsworth Kimberley East Basford North Daybrook Gedling and Carlton

Worksop to Nottingham Line	Sutton Junction Mansfield Town Kirkby-in-Ashfield East Annesley Linby Hucknall Byron Bulwell Market Basford Vernon Radford Lenton

Nottingham Suburban Railway	Sherwood St Ann's Well Thorneywood

Mansfield to Rolleston Junction	Blidworth and Rainworth Farnsfield Kirklington and Edingley Southwell

Bennerley Junction to Basford	Kimberley West Watnall

Nottingham and Melton Railway	Edwalton Plumtree Widmerpool Upper Broughton

Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway	Bingham Road (Notts) Barnstone Redmile Cotham

Great Northern Main Line	Scrooby Ranskill Barnby Moor and Sutton Tuxford North Crow Park Carlton-on-Trent

Midland Counties Railway	Nottingham Carrington Street Kegworth Hathern

Great Eastern and Great Northern Joint Railway	Park Drain Misterton Walkeringham Beckingham

Other	Checker House Cottam Kirkby Bentinck Nottingham London Road Nottingham Racecourse Teversall Manor Trowell Whiteborough

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