Plumtree railway station
Plumtree | |
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General information | |
Location | Plumtree, Rushcliffe England |
Coordinates | 52°53′07″N 1°05′01″W / 52.885260°N 1.083498°W |
Platforms | 2[1] |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Midland Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways |
Key dates | |
2 February 1880[2] | Station opens as Plumtree & Keyworth |
1 May 1893 | Renamed |
28 February 1949 | Closes to passengers |
1 November 1965[3] | Closes to goods |
Plumtree railway station served
History
The station was opened for goods (1 November 1879) [4] & passengers (2 February 1880) [4] by the Midland Railway. The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders.[5]
It was on its cut-off line from
According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were handled by this station in 1956: G, P†, F, L, H, C and there was a 1-ton 10 cwt crane.[7]
In 1910, nine trains each way stopped at Plumtree Station. The earliest train to Nottingham was 7.02, and to Melton Mowbray 6.55. A passenger catching this latter service could expect to be in London St Pancras by 10.55 a.m. Sunday services were virtually non-existent, with only the morning
Stationmasters
- George Thomas Bursnell 1879 - 1883
- James C. Chidgey 1883 - 1886 (afterwards station master at Spondon)[8]
- William George Nutall 1886 - 1888 (afterwards station master at Kirkby Stephen)
- John Walters 1888 - 1890 (formerly station master at Hykeham)
- Edwin Charles Harvey 1890 - 1919
- Walter Frank Gardner 1921 - 1932
- Albert Henry Hemmings 1937[9] - 1939 (formerly station master at Dudbridge)
- Herbert F. Wilson 1943 - 1951 (formerly station master at East Langton)
- Arthur Nicholson 1952 - 1954
- John Ingamells 1954 - 1959
- Fred Saunders 1960 - 1965
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Edwalton | Midland Railway Nottingham direct line of the Midland Railway |
Widmerpool |
Present day
Following the closure of the line as a through-route in 1968, the track between Melton Mowbray and
The main station buildings have survived and have been converted into 'Perkins Restaurant'.[11] A conservatory extension has been built on the platform and the former goods shed has been restored as a function room.[12]
References
- ^ "Old Dalby Test Track - Plumtree station". Retrieved 11 April 2010.
- OL 11956311M. p. 186.
- ISBN 0-905466-19-5
- ^ a b Aldworth, Colin (2012). The Nottingham and Melton Railway 1872 - 2012.
- ^ "Notes by the Way". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. British Newspaper Archive. 1 November 1884. Retrieved 12 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ISBN 978-1-85895-253-6.
- ^ Official Handbook of Stations,British Transport Commission, 1956.
- ^ "Plumtree". Nottinghamshire Guardian. England. 18 February 1887. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Plumtree Stationmaster". Nottingham Journal. England. 11 June 1936. Retrieved 6 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Shannon, P., p. 23.
- ^ "Perkins Restaurant". Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ^ "The Carriage Hall". Retrieved 11 April 2010.