Brocklesby | |
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General information | |
Location | Brocklesby, Lincolnshire England |
Coordinates | 53°36′24″N0°18′36″W / 53.6068°N 0.3099°W |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
Post-grouping | LNER |
Key dates | |
1848 | Opened |
3 October 1993 | Closed |
Brocklesby railway station was a station near Brocklesby, Lincolnshire. [1] It was formally closed by British Rail on 3 October 1993. [2] [3]
The station was located to suit the Earl of Yarborough, in his capacity as chairman of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway who built the line. It included a private waiting room for the earl. The building was designed by architects Weightman and Hadfield in the Tudor Gothic style used throughout the line. [3] The building is listed as grade II, in which the style is referred to as Jacobean. [4]
The unusual platform-based signal box is also a grade II listed building and became redundant due to resignalling works in December 2015. [5] [6]
On 27 March 1907, two freight trains collided at Brocklesby. [7]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Barnetby | Great Central | Habrough |
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