Clifton-on-Trent railway station

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Clifton-on-Trent
Clifton-on-Trent Railway Station.jpg
Site of the former station in 2017
General information
Location Nottinghamshire
England
Coordinates 53°14′2.08″N0°45′34.91″W / 53.2339111°N 0.7596972°W / 53.2339111; -0.7596972
Grid reference SK 8288 7148
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway
Pre-grouping Great Central Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
British Railways
Key dates
15 December 1896Opened
19 September 1955Closed for passengers [1]
30 March 1964closed for freight
LD&ECR and Sheffield District Railway LDECR.jpg
LD&ECR and Sheffield District Railway

Clifton-on-Trent railway station is a former railway station between North Clifton and South Clifton in eastern Nottinghamshire, England.

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Context

The station was opened in 1896 by the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway on its main line from Chesterfield to Lincoln. [2] It was closed by British Railways in 1955.

The station was at the eastern end of Fledborough Viaduct, which crosses the River Trent. It was a short walk to the river and was popular with anglers.

The station buildings and Stationmaster's house were all built in the company's distinctive architectural style, [3] [4] [5] which had clear echoes at Arkwright Town, Bolsover South and Warsop, to name but three.

Former services

There never was a Sunday service at Clifton-on-Trent.

In 1922 three trains per day plied between Chesterfield Market Place and Lincoln with a market day extra on Fridays between Shirebrook North and Lincoln. All these trains called at Clifton. [6]

From 1951 trains stopped running through to Chesterfield, turning back at Shirebrook North instead. Otherwise the same pattern continued until the last train on 17 September 1955.

Trains continued to pass, including Summer excursions [7] which continued until 1964, but the picture was of progressive decline. A derailment at Clifton itself on 21 February 1980 [3] [8] led to the immediate closure of the line from High Marnham Power Station through the station to Pyewipe Junction. These tracks were subsequently lifted.

Modern times

Today the trackbed eastwards from the site of Fledborough Station, across Fledborough Viaduct, through Clifton to Doddington & Harby forms an off-road part of National Cycle Route 647 which is part of the National Cycle Network.

From Harby onwards through the site of Skellingthorpe almost to Pyewipe Junction the trackbed forms an off-road part of National Cycle Route 64. [9] [10]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Fledborough
Line and station closed
  Great Central Railway
Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway
  Doddington and Harby
Line and station closed

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References

  1. Butt 1995, p. 63.
  2. Cupit & Taylor 1984, p. 22.
  3. 1 2 Ludlam 2013, p. 144.
  4. Booth 2013, p. 55.
  5. Clifton-on-Trent station Picture the Past
  6. Bradshaw 1985, p. 718.
  7. Walker 1991, Inside front cover.
  8. Booth 2013, p. 57.
  9. Harby to Lincoln, Sustrans NR64 Sustrans
  10. Fledborough to Lincoln by Bike Cycle-route

Sources

  • Booth, Chris (2013). The Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway A pictorial view of the "Dukeries Route" and branches. Vol. Two: Langwith Junction to Lincoln, the Mansfield Railway and Mid Nott's Joint Line. Blurb. ISBN   978-1-78155-660-3. 06884827.
  • Bradshaw, George (1985) [July 1922]. Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation guide for Great Britain and Ireland: A reprint of the July 1922 issue. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN   978-0-7153-8708-5. OCLC   12500436.
  • 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.
  • Cupit, J.; Taylor, W. (1984) [1966]. The Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway. Oakwood Library of Railway History (2nd ed.). Headington: Oakwood Press. ISBN   978-0-85361-302-2. OL19.
  • Ludlam, A.J. (March 2013). Kennedy, Rex (ed.). "The Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway". Steam Days. Bournemouth: Redgauntlet 1993 Publications. 283. ISSN   0269-0020.
  • Walker, Colin (1991). Eastern Region Steam Twilight, Part 2, North of Grantham. Llangollen: Pendyke Publications. ISBN   978-0-904318-14-2.

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