Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central railway station

This article is about the former Mansfield Railway line station. For Kirkby's modern Robin Hood Line station, see Kirkby-in-Ashfield railway station.

Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central
Modern industrial units along alignment of former rail tracks
General information
Location	Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Ashfield England
Coordinates	53°06′01″N1°15′46″W / 53.1003°N 1.2629°W / 53.1003; -1.2629
Grid reference	SK494561
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Mansfield Railway
Pre-grouping	Mansfield Railway
Post-grouping	LNER British Railways
Key dates
2 April 1917	Opened [1]
6 January 1956	Closed to timetabled passenger traffic and to goods
8 September 1956	Closed to timetabled summer Saturday holiday trains
September 1962	Seasonal excursions ended
7 January 1968	Line through station closed [2]
Location

The former Station Master's house

Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central is a former railway station that served the town of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.

History

The station was opened in 1917 by the Mansfield Railway along with Mansfield Central and Sutton-in-Ashfield Central. The line, including its stations, was worked by the Great Central Railway and became part of the LNER in 1923 and subsequently British Railways in 1948.

The station was conventional and spacious. ^{[3] [4]}

Most passenger services plied between Nottingham Victoria and Mansfield Central, with some extending to Edwinstowe ^{[5] [6]} and Ollerton. ^[7]

Goods and timetabled passenger services ceased on 3 January 1956, though Summer weekend excursion traffic to Scarborough, Cleethorpes, Skegness and Mablethorpe continued until 1962.

The line through the station was closed on 7 January 1968 and subsequently lifted.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Sutton-in-Ashfield Central		Great Central Railway Mansfield Railway		Hollin Well and Annesley

References

Notes

1. Dow 1971, p. 296.
2. Anderson & Cupit 2000, pp. 67–8.
3. Anderson & Cupit 2000, p. 69.
4. Booth 2011, p. 33.
5. Cupit 1956, p. 60.
6. Lund 1999, p. 21.
7. Bradshaw 1985, p. 701.

Sources

• Anderson, Paul; Cupit, Jack (2000). An Illustrated History of Mansfield's Railways. Clophill: Irwell Press. ISBN   1-903266-15-7.
• Booth, Chris (December 2011). Gellatly, Bob (ed.). "Signalling on the Mansfield Railway-Part 1". Forward. 170. North Anston, Sheffield: Bob Gellatly for the Great Central Railway Society. ISSN   0141-4488.
• Bradshaw, George (1985) [1922]. July 1922 Railway Guide. Newton Abbott: David & Charles.
• Cupit, Jack (February 1956). Allen, G. Freeman (ed.). "The end of Passenger Services on the Mansfield Railway". Trains Illustrated. IX (2). Hampton Court, Surrey: Ian Allan Ltd.
• Dow, George (1971) [1965]. Great Central, Volume 3. London: Ian Allan. ISBN   0 7110 0263 0.
• Lund, Brian (1999) [1991]. Nottinghamshire Railway Stations on old picture postcards. Keyworth, Nottingham: Reflections of a Bygone Age. ISBN   0 946245 36 3.

Further reading

• Howard Anderson, P. (1973). Forgotten Railways: The East Midlands. Newton Abbott: David & Charles. ISBN   0 7153 6094 9.

External links

• Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central railway station on navigable 1947 O.S. Map