Kirkby-in-Ashfield East railway station

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Coordinates: 53°05′59″N 1°14′55″W / 53.0998°N 1.2485°W / 53.0998; -1.2485
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Kirkby-in-Ashfield East
London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
2 October 1848[1]Station opens
12 October 1964regular passenger services withdrawn
6 September 1965unadvertised workmens service withdrawn

Kirkby-in-Ashfield East railway station was a station in

Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. It was opened in 1848, and was located on the Midland Railway's Mansfield Branch Line (Now the Robin Hood Line). It was one of three stations that served the town. The others were both Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central and Kirkby Bentinck. The station was replaced by the modern-day station
of the same name (minus the East name).

History

Opened by the

nationalisation
in 1948, the station survived use until 1965.

Stationmasters

  • S. Osman 1873 - 1874[2] (resigned 30 June 1874)
  • John Mercer 1874 - 1890[3] (formerly station master at Worthington)
  • William Tunn 1890 - 1896[3] (formerly station master at Fiskerton)
  • Henry St. John Newell 1896[3] - 1901 (committed suicide 23 October 1901)[4]
  • Albert William Niblett 1902 - 1910
  • A. Follows 1910 - 1913 (afterwards station master at Barrow Hill and Staveley Works)
  • E.H. Allen 1913 - 1925[5] (formerly station master at Swinderby, afterwards station master at Avonmouth)
  • W. Edwards from 1939[6] (formerly station master at Whitwell)

The site today

The Robin Hood Line was revived in the 1990s following the closure of the Mansfield Railway through the town and the freight-only route was then reused. However, the new station was opened 700m east from the former station site. Nothing remains of the station site as it has been redeveloped including the trackbed. The line was diverted onto the alignment of the former Great Northern Railway to the new Kirkby-in-Ashfield station.

Former Services
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Annesley
Line open, station closed 		  Midland Railway
Nottingham to Worksop 		  Sutton Junction
Line open, station closed
Pinxton and Selston
Line open, station closed 		  Midland Railway
Mansfield & Pinxton Railway 		 

References

  1. ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 252
  2. ^ "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 406. 1871. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 541. 1881. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  4. ^ "A Stationmaster's Suicide". Liverpool Weekly Courier. England. 2 November 1901. Retrieved 8 May 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Avonmouth's New Stationmaster". Western Daily Press. England. 21 February 1925. Retrieved 8 May 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Rail Promotion". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 28 December 1939. Retrieved 8 May 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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