Kimberley East railway station

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Kimberley East
Kimberley East Railway Station.jpg
The station in 2006.
Location Kimberley, Broxtowe
England
Grid reference SK498448
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
1 August 1876 [1] Opened as Kimberley
13 June 1955Renamed Kimberley East
7 September 1964Closed to passengers
2 November 1964 [2] Goods facilities withdrawn

Kimberley East Railway Station was a station serving the town of Kimberley in Nottinghamshire, England.

Contents

History

It was opened by the Great Northern Railway on its Derbyshire Extension in 1875-6

It was on the second summit on the climb through Watnall Tunnel from Basford and Bulwell of what was a hilly line, crossing as it did, several river valleys. [3] Passenger services finished in 1964 and the line finally closed in 1968.

Following the trackbed of this line takes you to the Bennerley Viaduct. This is a grade II listed structure which is still in place on the Nottinghamshire Derbyshire border.

Kimberley's other station was on a line from the Midland Railway's Erewash Valley Line to Nottingham. [4]

Stationmasters

  • Samuel Packman ca. 1879
  • Thomas Hutchinson ca. 1891 - 1893
  • James Brook 1893 - 1908
  • George Charles Pike 1908 - 1932 [5]
  • Joseph Mills Reddish 1932 - 1940 [6]
  • F.H. McArthur until 1944 [7] (afterwards station master at Eastwood and Langley Mill)
  • Joseph George Watts 1944 [8] - ca. 1950 (formerly station master at Daybrook)
  • H.H. Mather ca. 1953 (formerly station master at West Hallam)
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Basford North   London Midland Region of British Railways
(Derby) Friargate Line 		  Awsworth

Present day

The line is now disused although it can still be traced and is used by walkers and horse riders from Kimberley as far as Hempshill Vale towards Nottingham where its trackbed has been used to accommodate Hempshill Hall Primary School.

The station buildings have been converted to residential accommodation. Part of the site of the station platforms is occupied by a car park and commercial workshop units. The former goods yard was occupied as a timber storage yard for many years but was subsequently redeveloped for housing. The rest of the station site and the trackbed towards Watnall (as far as the Newdigate Street road bridge where the cutting has been filled) has been preserved as a nature reserve.

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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. 133.
  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. 70. ISBN   0-905466-19-5.
  3. ↑ Higginson, M., (1989) The Friargate Line:Derby and the Great Northern Railway, Derby: Golden Pingle Publishing
  4. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ "Mr. G.C. Pike" . Nottingham Journal. England. 31 March 1932. Retrieved 22 December 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Stationmaster dies" . Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian. England. 17 February 1940. Retrieved 22 December 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Appointments by L.N.E.R." . Derby Daily Telegraph. England. 13 September 1944. Retrieved 22 December 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Local Stationmaster's New Post" . Nottingham Evening Post. England. 9 November 1944. Retrieved 22 December 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.

See also

Coordinates: 52°59′54″N1°15′30″W / 52.9984°N 1.2582°W / 52.9984; -1.2582


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