Scrooby | |
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Location | Scrooby, Bassetlaw England |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Opened | 4 September 1849 [1] |
Closed | 1938 |
Original company | Great Northern Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
14 September 1931 | Closed to Regular services [2] |
Scrooby was a railway station on the Great Northern Railway running between Retford and Doncaster. The station served the small village of Scrooby until closed in 1931, though an excursion stopped in 1938. [3] Sunday trains ended in 1924. [4] In 1897 it had a booking office, waiting room, stationmaster's house, signal box and 5 passenger trains a day each way, but no goods facilities. [5] About 1978 the signal box was replaced by Doncaster power box. [6]
The area was also famous for the water troughs on the line from about 1903 [7] to about 1969.
The station survives today as a private house.
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Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Bawtry | London and North Eastern Railway Retford to Doncaster | Ranskill |
Coordinates: 53°24′35″N1°00′56″W / 53.4096°N 1.0156°W