Hucknall Town railway station

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Hucknall Town
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General information
Location Hucknall, Ashfield
England
Grid reference SK538492
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Great Northern Railway
Pre-groupingGreat 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 1923Renamed Hucknall Town
14 September 1931Closed to passengers
3 May 1965goods facilities withdrawn [2]

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.

Contents

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.

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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.

Coordinates: 53°02′16″N1°11′55″W / 53.0377°N 1.1986°W / 53.0377; -1.1986