Bestwood Colliery railway station

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Bestwood Colliery
Bestwood Colliery railway station.jpg
Station building in 1963
Location Bestwood Village, Gedling
England
Grid reference SK548473
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
2 October 1882 [1] Opened as Bestwood
March 1883Renamed Bestwood Colliery
March 1907Renamed Bestwood
October 1907Renamed Bestwood Colliery
14 September 1931Closed to passengers
7 April 1958 [2] Goods facilities withdrawn

Bestwood Colliery railway station was a former station on the Great Northern Railway Nottingham to Shirebrook line. [3]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Butler's Hill   London and North Eastern Railway
Leen Valley line
  Bulwell Forest

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References

  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN   1-85260-508-1, p. 33.
  2. Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977. Bristol: Avon-AngliA Publications & Services. p. 12. ISBN   0-905466-19-5.
  3. British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer.

Coordinates: 53°01′13″N1°11′00″W / 53.02037°N 1.18320°W / 53.02037; -1.18320