Whiteborough | |
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General information | |
Location | Huthwaite, Ashfield District, Nottinghamshire England |
Coordinates | 53°08′10″N1°18′56″W / 53.1362°N 1.3155°W |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Midland Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
1883 | opened |
4 October 1926 [1] | closed to passengers |
Whiteborough railway station was a railway station serving the village of Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire, England on the Midland Railway's line from Westhouses and Blackwell in to Mansfield Woodhouse line. The line opened in 1883, following the opening of Pleasley Colliery in 1878. [2] It closed to passengers in 1926.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Tibshelf & Newton Line and station closed | Midland Railway | Teversall Manor Line and station closed |
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