Blidworth and Rainworth railway station

Blidworth and Rainworth
Blidworth and Rainworth railway station in the distance in 1963
General information
Location	England
Grid reference	SK594579
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1871	Opened as Rainworth
24 March 1877	Renamed Blidworth
12 August 1929	Closed to passengers
25 June 1964	Closed to freight
Location

Blidworth and Rainworth railway station served the villages of Blidworth and Rainworth in Nottinghamshire, England; it was a stop on the Midland Railway's Rolleston Junction to Mansfield line.

History

The station opened in 1871 ^[1] as Rainworth when the Midland Railway extended the existing Rollesdon Junction to Southwell line from Southwell to Mansfield.^{[ citation needed ]}

It was renamed Blidworth on 24 March 1877. ^[2]

The station closed to passengers on 12 August 1929 ^[3] when the Mansfield to Southwell section, which passed through a mining area, closed to passengers. The railway replaced it with a road motor omnibus service provided in conjunction with Mansfield and District Tramways Limited connecting with the railway stations between Mansfield and Newark. Freight services continued until 25 June 1964.^{[ citation needed ]}

Nothing remains of the station or trackbed and it has been lost to a housing development called Curzon Close.^{[ citation needed ]}

Services

• 
  Timetable from the Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald, on Saturday 12 August 1871, showing the station named as Rainworth
• 
  Timetable from Mansfield Reporter, on 29 November 1878, showing the station named as Blidworth

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Farnsfield Line and station closed		Midland Railway Rolleston Junction to Mansfield		Sutton Junction Line and station closed

Stationmasters

• A. Nowell 1872 - 1875 (formerly station master at Worthington)
• E. Prisgrane 1875 - 1879
• G. Lambert 1879 - 1884
• W. Doughty 1884 - 1908 ^[4]
• Charles Walter Chapple 1908 ^[5] - 1929

References

1. A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol 9. The East Midlands. Robin Leleux. ISBN   0715371657 ^{[ page needed ]}
2. "Midland Railway changes" . Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. England. 2 May 1877. Retrieved 30 January 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Stations Closed" . Derby Daily Telegraph. England. 3 August 1929. Retrieved 31 January 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Midland Railway Staff Changes" . Nottingham Evening Post. England. 22 October 1908. Retrieved 30 January 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Railway Staff Changes" . Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 22 October 1908. Retrieved 30 January 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.

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