New Basford railway station

New Basford
Location
Place	Basford
Area	Nottingham
Operations
Pre-grouping	Great Central Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	2
History
15 March 1899	Station opens
7 September 1964	Station closes ^[1]
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New Basford railway station was a former station in Nottingham on the Great Central Railway main line,^[2] the last main line to be built from the north of England to London. The station opened with the line on 15 March 1899.

History

The station was one of the standard island platform design typical of the London Extension, though here it was the less common "embankment" type reached from a roadway (Haydn Road), that passed beneath the line. A short distance to the south was Sherwood Rise Tunnel.

As well as handling local train services on the Great Central line itself, it was also served by Great Northern Railway trains to Ilkeston, Derby, Uttoxeter and Stafford, on their Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension, these trains branching off the Great Central about half a mile to the north at Bagthorpe Junction. Having running powers over this section of the Great Central line provided the Great Northern with the most direct route out of Nottingham for these trains, better than their own somewhat roundabout route via Daybrook.

Local passenger services on the Great Central line ceased on 4 March 1963 when most local stations closed, but New Basford remained open until 7 September 1964 as the former Great Northern services continued to run until then, although they had stopped operating beyond Derby Friargate railway station on 4 December 1939. Main line passenger traffic on the Great Central ceased on 5 September 1966; goods traffic to New Basford on 2 October 1967 and this section of the line closed completely on 25 March 1968.

Where New Basford station once stood is now a housing development, but the stationmaster's house still remains.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Carrington Line and station closed		Great Central Railway London Extension		Bulwell Common Line and station closed
Carrington Line and station closed		Great Northern Railway (Derby) Friargate Line		Basford & Bulwell Line and station closed

References

↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 43.
↑ British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer.

Coordinates: 52°58′42″N 1°09′49″W / 52.9782°N 1.1635°W / 52.9782; -1.1635

Closed railway stations in Nottinghamshire

Mansfield Railway	Mansfield Central Sutton-in-Ashfield Central Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central Pinxton North

Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway	Warsop Clipstone Edwinstowe Ollerton Boughton (Nottinghamshire) Tuxford Central Dukeries Junction Fledborough Clifton-on-Trent Doddington and Harby

GCR Main Line	Hollinwell and Annesley Annesley South Junction Halt Hucknall Central Bulwell Hall Halt Bulwell Common New Basford Carrington Nottingham Victoria Nottingham Arkwright Street Ruddington Rushcliffe Halt East Leake

Leen Valley Extension	Skegby Sutton-in-Ashfield Town Newstead and Annesley Linby (Great Northern) Hucknall Town Butler's Hill Bestwood Colliery Bulwell Forest

GNR Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension	Pinxton South Pye Hill and Somercotes Codnor Park and Selston Newthorpe, Greasley and Shipley Gate Awsworth Kimberley East Basford North Daybrook Gedling and Carlton

Worksop to Nottingham Line	Sutton Junction Mansfield Town Kirkby-in-Ashfield East Annesley Linby Hucknall Byron Bulwell Market Basford Vernon Radford Lenton

Nottingham Suburban Railway	Sherwood St Ann's Well Thorneywood

Mansfield to Rolleston Junction	Blidworth and Rainworth Farnsfield Kirklington and Edingley Southwell

Bennerley Junction to Basford	Kimberley West Watnall

Nottingham and Melton Railway	Edwalton Plumtree Widmerpool Upper Broughton

Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway	Bingham Road (Notts) Barnstone Redmile Cotham

Great Northern Main Line	Scrooby Ranskill Barnby Moor and Sutton Tuxford North Crow Park Carlton-on-Trent

Midland Counties Railway	Nottingham Carrington Street Kegworth Hathern

Great Eastern and Great Northern Joint Railway	Park Drain Misterton Walkeringham Beckingham

Other	Checker House Cottam Kirkby Bentinck Nottingham London Road Nottingham Racecourse Teversall Manor Trowell Whiteborough

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