Southwell railway station

Southwell railway station served passengers at Southwell, Nottinghamshire from 1847 to 1959 and freight up to 1964.

Southwell
Southwell railway station in 2008
Location
Grid referenceSK705544
Operations
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms2
History
1 July 1847Opened
1871Rebuilt in stone
15 June 1959Closed to passengers
7 December 1964Closed for freight
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

History

The station at Southwell opened on 1 July 1847 as a branch line from the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway at Fiskerton.[1] In 1862 gas lighting was introduced.[2]

In 1871 the line was extended to Mansfield by the contractors Eckersley and Baylis,[3][4] The Midland Railway took the opportunity to rebuild the platform shelters, and the station-master's house was dismantled and rebuilt at Beeston railway station.

The Mansfield to Southwell section, which passed through a mining area subject to subsidence, closed to passengers in 1929,[5] but the Southwell to Rolleston Junction section remained open until 1959 and freight services ended only in 1964.

Current situation

The route of the branch line is now a trail. The station remains as a private residence, but the track bed has been built on for housing.

Rolleston Junction station remains open as Rolleston. It is close to Southwell Racecourse, about three miles (4.8 km) south-east of the town itself.

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

References
  1. "Nottingham and Lincoln Railway". Leicestershire Mercury. British Newspaper Archive. 3 July 1847. Retrieved 29 August 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. Nottinghamshire Guardian, 4 April 1862.
  3. Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 24 February 1871. using cast iron bridges built by Handyside and Co. of Derby.
  4. Derby Mercury, 8 March 1871.
  5. Derby Daily Telegraph, 3 August 1929,

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