Kirkby-in-Ashfield East railway station

Kirkby-in-Ashfield East
General information
Location	Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire England
Coordinates	53°05′59″N1°14′55″W / 53.0998°N 1.2485°W / 53.0998; -1.2485
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
2 October 1848 [1]	Station opens
12 October 1964	regular passenger services withdrawn
6 September 1965	unadvertised workmens service withdrawn

Kirkby-in-Ashfield East railway station was a station in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. It was opened in 1848, and was located on the Midland Railway's Mansfield Branch Line (Now the Robin Hood Line). It was one of three stations that served the town. The others were both Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central and Kirkby Bentinck. The station was replaced by the modern-day station of the same name (minus the East name).

History

Opened by the Midland Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, the station survived use until 1965.

Stationmasters

• S. Osman 1873 - 1874 ^[2] (resigned 30 June 1874)
• John Mercer 1874 - 1890 ^[3] (formerly station master at Worthington)
• William Tunn 1890 - 1896 ^[3] (formerly station master at Fiskerton)
• Henry St. John Newell 1896 ^[3] - 1901 (committed suicide 23 October 1901) ^[4]
• Albert William Niblett 1902 - 1910
• A. Follows 1910 - 1913 (afterwards station master at Barrow Hill and Staveley Works)
• E.H. Allen 1913 - 1925 ^[5] (formerly station master at Swinderby, afterwards station master at Avonmouth)
• W. Edwards from 1939 ^[6] (formerly station master at Whitwell)

The site today

The Robin Hood Line was revived in the 1990s following the closure of the Mansfield Railway through the town and the freight-only route was then reused. However, the new station was opened 700m east from the former station site. Nothing remains of the station site as it has been redeveloped including the trackbed. The line was diverted onto the alignment of the former Great Northern Railway to the new Kirkby-in-Ashfield station.

Former Services

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Annesley Line open, station closed		Midland Railway Nottingham to Worksop		Sutton Junction Line open, station closed
Pinxton and Selston Line open, station closed		Midland Railway Mansfield & Pinxton Railway

References

1. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 252
2. "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 406. 1871. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
3. "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 541. 1881. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
4. "A Stationmaster's Suicide" . Liverpool Weekly Courier. England. 2 November 1901. Retrieved 8 May 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Avonmouth's New Stationmaster" . Western Daily Press. England. 21 February 1925. Retrieved 8 May 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Rail Promotion" . Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 28 December 1939. Retrieved 8 May 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.
• Station on navigable O.S. map