Linby (Great Northern Railway) railway station

Linby (Great Northern Railway)
General information
Location	Linby, Ashfield England
Grid reference	SK533509
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
1 July 1916	Closed to passengers
3 May 1965	goods facilities withdrawn [2]
Location

Linby (Great Northern Railway) was a railway station on the Great Northern Railway's Nottingham to Shirebrook line. ^[3]

History

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Newstead and Annesley		London and North Eastern Railway Leen Valley line		Hucknall Town

Present day

No trace of the station remains. ^[4] The site is now a footpath but a possible railway building does survive in private ownership.

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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