Pye Hill and Somercotes railway station
Former railway station in Nottinghamshire, England
53°04′11″N 1°20′22″W / 53.0696°N 1.3394°W / 53.0696; -1.3394
Pye Hill and Somercotes railway station was a railway station on the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) on its Derbyshire Extension on the branch between Kimberley and Pinxton.[2] It served the villages of Pye Hill and Somercotes.
The station was opened by the Great Northern Railway on 24 March 1877, and was originally named Pye Hill; it was renamed Pye Hill and Somercotes on 8 January 1906, and closed on 7 January 1963.[1] The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann.
Route
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Codnor Park and Selston | Great Northern Railway GNR Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension Pinxton Branch | Pinxton South |
See also
References
- ^ a b Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 192. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ^ Higginson, M., (1989) The Friargate Line:Derby and the Great Northern Railway, Derby: Golden Pingle Publishing
External links
- Pye Hill and Somercotes Station on navigable 1947 O.S. map (right-hand station of the two shown)
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Closed railway stations in Nottinghamshire
and East Coast Railway
- Warsop
- Clipstone
- Edwinstowe
- Ollerton
- Boughton (Nottinghamshire)
- Tuxford Central
- Dukeries Junction
- Fledborough
- Clifton-on-Trent
- Doddington and Harby
- Skegby
- Sutton-in-Ashfield Town
- Newstead and Annesley
- Linby (Great Northern Railway)
- Hucknall Town
- Butler's Hill
- Bestwood Colliery
- Bulwell Forest
Staffordshire Extension
and North Western Joint Railway
Great Northern Joint Railway
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