Awsworth railway station

Awsworth
The site of the station in 2016
General information
Location	Awsworth, Broxtowe England
Grid reference	SK479442
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Northern Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 November 1880	Station opened
7 September 1964	Station closed
Location

Awsworth railway station was a former railway station in Awsworth, Nottinghamshire. It was opened by the Great Northern Railway on its Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension on 1st November 1880. ^[1]

History

It was situated on a down grade between Kimberley East railway station and the crossing of the Erewash Valley, which it crossed by means of the impressive Bennerley Viaduct which has been partly preserved. Nearby was Awsworth Junction where a branch led north towards Eastwood and Langley Mill and Pinxton ^[2] crossing the impressive Giltbrook Viaduct known locally as "Forty Bridges".

Opened by the Great Northern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

It was then closed by the British Railways Board.

 

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Kimberley East		London Midland Region of British Railways (Derby) Friargate Line		Ilkeston North

The site today

The site of the station has been redeveloped into a housing estate. Nothing remains of the original station. ^[3]

References

1. Kingscott, Geoffrey (2004). Lost Railways of Nottinghamshire. Countryside Books. p. 69. ISBN   1-85306-884-5.
2. Higginson, M., (1989) The Friargate Line:Derby and the Great Northern Railway, Derby: Golden Pingle Publishing
3. "Geograph:: Awsworth railway station (site),... © Nigel Thompson cc-by-sa/2.0". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2025.

Further reading

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.

 

External links

• Awsworth station on navigable 1947 O. S. map  

52°59′35″N1°17′14″W / 52.99299°N 1.28729°W / 52.99299; -1.28729