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![]() Shirebrook railway station in 2011. | |
General information | |
Location | Shirebrook, Bolsover England |
Coordinates | 53°12′14.9″N1°12′9.4″W / 53.204139°N 1.202611°W Coordinates: 53°12′14.9″N1°12′9.4″W / 53.204139°N 1.202611°W |
Grid reference | SK533677 |
Managed by | East Midlands Railway |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | SHB |
Classification | DfT category F1 |
History | |
Original company | Midland Railway |
Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
1 June 1875 | Opened as Shirebrook |
18 June 1951 | Renamed Shirebrook West |
12 October 1964 | Closed |
25 May 1998 | Reopened as Shirebrook |
Passengers | |
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Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Shirebrook railway station serves the town of Shirebrook in Derbyshire,England. The station is on the Robin Hood Line,21½ miles (35 km) north of Nottingham towards Worksop.
The line and the station were built by the Midland Railway. It was opened for goods traffic in April 1875 and for passenger traffic on 1 June 1875 [1] when the Midland Railway built a 15 miles (24 km) branch line from Mansfield to Worksop. The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders. [2]
In 1951,the station was renamed "Shirebrook West" despite being on the eastern edge of the village. This was to "avoid confusion" with three other stations:
Shirebrook South closed to regular passenger services in 1931,but excursions continued to call at least until 1957. Shirebrook North closed to regular passenger services in 1955,but excursions continued to call until 1964. Shirebrook Colliery Sidings closed by June 1954. [4]
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Two branch lines are plainly visible veering off north of the bridge at the north end of Shirebrook station.
The double tracks branching off eastwards (i.e. to the right as viewed from the station) to the side of the signalbox joined the LD&ECR's one-time main line to Lincoln,next stop Warsop. The branch only ever carried a regular passenger service for a few years in Edwardian times. It did,however,carry Summer holiday trains such as the Summer Saturdays Radford to Skegness in at least 1963. [8] The branch's main purpose was always freight traffic,with coal being overwhelmingly dominant.
In 2013 the line gives access to UK Coal's Thoresby Colliery and to the High Marnham Test Track.
There is some hope of reopening the line as a branch off the Robin Hood Line and reopening Warsop,Edwinstowe and Ollerton stations,providing an hourly service to Mansfield and Nottingham. [9]
The single line veering off westwards (to the left as viewed from the station) was removed in the 1940s and relaid in 1974. It used to have a matching second track coming down on the other side of the main lines,behind the signalbox as viewed from the station,but that was not reinstated.
The reinstated single line serves W H Davis's wagon works in Langwith Junction. From 1900 to 1939 the pair of lines enabled trains to run from Sheffield through Spinkhill,Clowne South,Creswell's old "Top Station" (Creswell and Welbeck),Shirebrook North,Shirebrook West,and Mansfield Woodhouse to Mansfield.
Finally,up to 1974 the next station north from Shirebrook on what is now the Robin Hood Line was not Langwith-Whaley Thorns but simply "Langwith". That station was at Langwith Maltings. In the 1964-1998 closure period it was demolished. As a new station would have to be built at Langwith when the Robin Hood Line was to be reopened it was decided that the community would be better served by a station at Nether Langwith/Whaley Thorns than at the old station site.
All services at Shirebrook are operated by East Midlands Railway.
On weekdays and Saturdays,the station is generally served by an hourly service northbound to Worksop and southbound to Nottingham via Mansfield Woodhouse. [10]
There is currently no Sunday service at the station since the previous service of four trains per day was withdrawn in 2011. Sunday services at the station are due to recommence at the station during the life of the East Midlands franchise. [11]
Preceding station | ![]() | Following station | ||
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Mansfield Woodhouse | East Midlands Railway
| Langwith-Whaley Thorns or Creswell | ||
Disused railways | ||||
Line and station open | Great Central Railway | Line and station closed | ||
Line and station closed | ||||
Midland Railway | Line open,station closed |
The Robin Hood Line is a railway line running from Nottingham to Worksop,Nottinghamshire,in the United Kingdom. The stations between Shirebrook and Whitwell (inclusive) are in Derbyshire.
Creswell railway station serves the village Creswell in Derbyshire,England. The station is on the Robin Hood Line between Nottingham and Worksop. It is also the nearest station to the larger village of Clowne.
Mansfield Woodhouse railway station serves the settlement of Mansfield Woodhouse,which adjoins the town of Mansfield,both located in Nottinghamshire,England.
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Shirebrook South is a former railway station in Shirebrook,north eastern Derbyshire,England.
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The Leen Valley lines of the Great Northern Railway were railway branch lines built to access the collieries in the Nottinghamshire coalfield in England. The Midland Railway had long been dominant in the area,but there was resentment against its monopolistic policies from coalowners,who encouraged the Great Northern Railway to build a line. The Leen Valley Line was opened in 1881;it ran as far as Annesley colliery. A passenger service was run the following year,and very considerable volumes of coal were hauled.
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