Southwell railway station

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Southwell
Southwell railway station in 2008.jpg
Southwell railway station building in 2008
General information
Location Southwell, Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire
England
Grid reference SK705544
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-grouping Midland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 July 1847Opened
1871Rebuilt in stone
15 June 1959Closed to passengers
7 December 1964Closed for freight

Southwell railway station served the town of Southwell in Nottinghamshire, England, from 1847 to 1959. It was a stop on the Rolleston Junction-Mansfield line.

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History

The station at Southwell opened on 1 July 1847 as a branch line from the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway at Rolleston Junction. [1] In its early years, the passenger service was horse-worked. [2] In 1862 gas lighting was introduced. [3]

Timetable from Mansfield Reporter, 29 November 1878 Mansfield, Southwell and Newark timetable November 1878.jpg
Timetable from Mansfield Reporter, 29 November 1878

In 1871 the line was extended to Mansfield by the contractors Eckersley and Baylis (using cast iron bridges built by Andrew Handyside and Company of Derby). [4] [5] The Midland Railway took the opportunity to rebuild the station building and stationmaster's house in stone and the platform shelters, and dismantle the original wooden station building, which was re-erected at Beeston railway station. [2]

The Mansfield to Southwell section, which passed through a mining area subject to subsidence, was closed to passengers by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1929, [6] the same year in which a north to south-west curve at Rolleston was opened to give direct access to the Fiskerton direction from the branch. The Southwell to Rolleston Junction section remained open to passengers until 1959, normally worked by a push–pull train. Freight services ended in 1964.

Stationmasters

Present day

The station building is now in use both as a private residence and a bed & breakfast called Southwell Station House. The old level crossing gate is still visible by the station building.

A pub called The Final Whistle lies nearby; it contains railway memorabilia and relics.

The westbound trackbed back towards Mansfield forms a shared-use path called the Southwell Trail . The trackbed immediately to the east is now occupied by housing developments; beyond this, the route of the old railway to Rolleston has become Racecourse Road.

Rolleston Junction station remains open, now renamed Rolleston , as a stop on the Nottingham-Lincoln line; it is close to Southwell Racecourse, about three miles (4.8 km) south-east of the town itself. Fiskerton station is also an equal distance from Southwell, one stop further along the line to the south-west of Rolleston.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Rolleston Junction
Line closed, station open
  Midland Railway
Rolleston Junction to Mansfield
  Kirklington
Line and station closed
Fiskerton
Line closed, station open
  Midland Railway
Fiskerton to Mansfield
  Kirklington
Line and station closed

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References

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  2. 1 2 Leleux, Robin (1976). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol. 9: The East Midlands. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 120. ISBN   0-7153-7165-7.
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  5. Derby Mercury, 8 March 1871.
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