Place Kirkby-in-Ashfield Grid reference SK494561 Post-grouping LNER
British Railways Original company Mansfield Railway | Area Ashfield Pre-grouping Mansfield Railway 2 April 1917 Opened Platforms in use 2 | |
Similar Kimberley West railway st, Kirklington and Edingley, Farnsfield railway station, Cottam railway station, Scrooby railway station | ||
Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central was a railway station situated to the south west of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
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This article concerns the closed and demolished former Mansfield Railway station. Articles about Kirkby's other historical stations have yet to be written. Kirkby's modern-day Robin Hood Line station can be found at Kirkby-in-Ashfield railway station.
History
The station was opened in 1917 by the Mansfield Railway along with Mansfield Central and Sutton-in-Ashfield Central. The line, including its stations, was worked by the Great Central Railway and became part of the LNER in 1923 and subsequently British Railways in 1948.
The station was conventional and spacious.
Most passenger services plied between Nottingham Victoria and Mansfield Central, with some extending to Edwinstowe and Ollerton.
Goods and timetabled passenger services ceased on 3 January 1956, though Summer weekend excursion traffic to Scarborough, Cleethorpes, Skegness and Mablethorpe continued until 1962.
The line through the station was closed on 7 January 1968 and subsequently lifted.