Hucknall Town railway station

Hucknall Town
Location
Place Hucknall
Area Ashfield
Operations
Original company Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms 2
History
2 October 1882[1] Opened as Hucknall
1 July 1923 Renamed Hucknall Town
14 September 1931 Closed to passengers
3 May 1965

goods facilities withdrawn

[2]
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Hucknall Town was a railway station on the Great Northern Railway's Nottingham to Shirebrook line.[3]

History

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Linby   London and North Eastern Railway
Nottingham to Shirebrook
  Butler's Hill

Present day

No trace of the station remains and a supermarket has been built on the trackbed.[4]

References

  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 124.
  2. Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977. Bristol: Avon-AngliA Publications & Services. p. 66. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
  3. British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer.
  4. Shannon, Paul (2007). Nottinghamshire (British Railways Past and Present). Kettering, Northants: Past & Present Publishing. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-85895-253-6.

Coordinates: 53°02′16″N 1°11′55″W / 53.0377°N 1.1986°W / 53.0377; -1.1986


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