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Post-grouping London and North Eastern RailwayLondon Midland Region of British Railways 1 March 1876 Renamed Daybrook for Arnold and Bestwood Similar Kimberley East railway st, Cottam railway station, Kirklington and Edingley, Cotham railway station, Boughton (Nottinghamshire) railway st | ||
Rob in grantham s radio mentions of the daybrook railway station
Daybrook railway station was a railway station in Daybrook, Nottinghamshire. It was opened by the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) on its Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension in 1875–6 and closed in 1960.
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History
It was on the descent from Arno Vale towards Leen Valley Junction where the line from Annesley joined. The line between Gedling and Carlton and Daybrook closed in 1960 because of mining subsidence in Mapperley Tunnel.
In popular culture
“Early Sherwood” – a song from the 1970 Philamore Lincoln psychedelic pop album “The North Wind Blew South” – refers to this rail road with the following lines:
“Scrump and scrumpan’ over the lake,
blimp souls wet and the belly ache.
Coins on the line as the train goes by,
Daybrook station fence was high.”
The “Sherwood” in the song’s title refers to the Sherwood railway station.
Present day
No trace of the station remains today and residential development occupies the station site.