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- ↑ 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. 51. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
- ↑ Higginson, M., (1989). The Friargate Line: Derby and the Great Northern Railway. Derby: Golden Pingle Publishing.
- ↑ Anderson, P.H., (2nd ed, 1985). Forgotten Railways, Vol. 2: The East Midlands, Newton Abbot: David and Charles.
- ↑ "Train passes over boy - only minor injuries" . Belfast News-Letter. England. 24 December 1956. Retrieved 18 December 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Former Gedling Stationmaster's Diamond Wedding" . South Notts Echo. England. 13 August 1927. Retrieved 18 December 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Gedling Stationmaster" . Nottingham Journal. England. 29 April 1920. Retrieved 18 December 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Station which gave author inspiration for Lord of the Rings could be restored". 28 November 2017.