Grid reference SK705544 1 July 1847 Opened 15 June 1959 Closed to passengers | Pre-grouping Midland Railway 1871 Rebuilt in stone Platforms in use 2 | |
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Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway Similar Kirklington and Edingley, Farnsfield railway station, Cottam railway station, Scrooby railway station, Kimberley West railway st | ||
Southwell railway station top 5 facts
Southwell railway station was a railway station serving the town of Southwell, Nottinghamshire.
The station at Southwell opened on 1 July 1847 as a branch line from the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway at Fiskerton railway station In 1862 gas lighting was introduced.
In 1871 the line was extended to Mansfield. The contractors for the construction were Eckersley and Baylis. The cast iron bridges on the route were built by Handyside and Co of Derby. The Midland Railway took the opportunity to rebuild the platform shelters and the station master's house were dismantled and rebuilt at Beeston railway station.
The Mansfield to Southwell section, which passed through a mining area closed to passengers in 1929, but the Southwell to Rolleston Junction section remained open until 1959 and freight services ended in 1964.
This route is now a trail. Rolleston Junction station remains open, now called Rolleston, and is close to Southwell Racecourse about three miles southeast of Southwell.