Long Eaton railway station (Midland Counties Railway)

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Long Eaton (MCR)
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Long Eaton railway station from the Midland Counties Railway Companion of 1840
General information
Location Long Eaton, Erewash
England
Coordinates 52°53′28″N1°15′25″W / 52.891°N 1.257°W / 52.891; -1.257
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Midland Counties Railway
Pre-grouping Midland Railway
Key dates
4 June 1839 [1] Station opened
6 September 1847Renamed Long Eaton Junction
new Long Eaton station opened
1 October 1851Second station renamed Toton for Long Eaton
1 May 1862Toton for Long Eaton renamed Long Eaton
Long Eaton Junction closed

The original Long Eaton railway station was built in 1839 for the Midland Counties Railway.

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History

Situated on Meadow Lane, it was the second station from Nottingham. After a few years the Midland Counties Railway joined the North Midland Railway and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway to form the Midland Railway. [2]

In 1847, a new station was opened in Long Eaton on Nottingham Road on the newly built Erewash Valley Line. This new station was known as Long Eaton, so the MCR station was renamed Long Eaton Junction.

The MCR station was closed in 1862 when the junctions were realigned and Trent railway station was built. [3]

Stationmasters

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References

  1. "Midland Counties Railway" . Derby Mercury. England. 5 June 1839. Retrieved 1 January 2022 via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. The Nottingham and Derby Railway Companion, (1839) Republished 1979 with Foreword by J.B.Radford, Derbyshire Record Society
  3. "Midland Railway alteration of timetables" . Leicestershire Mercury. England. 3 May 1862. Retrieved 1 January 2022 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "The Dreadful Railway Accident near Nottingham" . Leicestershire Mercury. England. 30 November 1844. Retrieved 1 January 2022 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "1859-1866". Midland Railway Miscellaneous Depts: 121. 1914. Retrieved 2 January 2022.