Hucknall Town railway station

Hucknall Town
General information
Location	Hucknall, Ashfield England
Grid reference	SK538492
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Northern Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
2 October 1882 [1]	Opened as Hucknall
1 July 1923	Renamed Hucknall Town
14 September 1931	Closed to passengers
3 May 1965	goods facilities withdrawn [2]
Location

Hucknall Town railway station was a railway station on the Great Northern Railway's Nottingham to Shirebrook line. ^[3] It served the market town of Hucknall in Nottinghamshire, England.

History

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

Present day

No trace of the station remains. ^[4] The site is now occupied by the annexed petrol station of a supermarket built on the former trackbed.

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN   1-85260-508-1, p. 124.
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. 66. ISBN   0-905466-19-5.
3. British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer.
4. Shannon, Paul (2007). Nottinghamshire (British Railways Past and Present). Kettering, Northants: Past & Present Publishing. p. 62. ISBN   978-1-85895-253-6.

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