Thorneywood railway station

Thorneywood
Thorneywood Station
General information
Location	Thorneywood, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Northern Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1889	Opened
1916	Closed to passengers
1951	Line closed
Location

Thorneywood railway station was a station on the former Great Northern Railway Nottingham Suburban railway in Thorneywood, Nottingham, England. ^[1] It opened in 1889, regular passenger services ceased in 1916. Woodthorpe Grange Park opened to the public in 1922. On 10 July 1928 King George V and Queen Mary visited the park and 17,000 school children travelled to the event on the NSR to Sherwood and Thorneywood Stations (which had been re-opened for the event). An enthusiasts special ran on 16 June 1951 but goods train finished on 1 August 1951 when the line was abandoned. and the track was lifted in 1954. ^[2]

Former Services

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Nottingham London Road High Level		Great Northern Railway Nottingham Suburban Railway		St Ann's Well

See also

• Sherwood railway station
• St Ann's Well railway station
• Nottingham's Tunnels

References

1. British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer.
2. "Disused Stations: Thorneywood Station".

Further reading

• Kingscott, Geoffrey (2004). Lost Railways of Nottinghamshire. Countryside Books. ISBN   1-85306-884-5.
• Marshall, J., (June 1961) "Nottingham Suburban Railway" Railway Magazine article

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