Sutton-in-Ashfield railway station

Former railway station in Nottinghamshire, England

53°07′24″N 1°15′26″W / 53.1233°N 1.2572°W / 53.1233; -1.2572Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyMidland RailwayPre-groupingMidland RailwayPost-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates1892Station opened1949Station closed1956Station reopened briefly1956Station closed to all traffic

Sutton-in-Ashfield railway station, sometimes referred to as "Sutton Town" or "Sutton-in-Ashfield General", was a station on a short branch line from Sutton Junction in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. It was opened in 1892, and was located off Station Road. The station was located much closer to Sutton-in-Ashfield town centre than its neighbouring Midland stations. The Great Northern railway station was located nearby.

History

Opened by the Midland Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and was in use until 1956.

Stationmasters

Charles Snell 1894^[1] - 1905 (formerly station master at Sutton Junction)
Robert Herbert 1905 - 1912
Horace Wroughton 1912^[2] - ca. 1917
E.S. French from 1937^[3] (formerly station master at Market Rasen)

The site today

The Robin Hood Line was revived in the 1990s following the closure of the Mansfield Railway through the town and the freight-only route was then reused. The station site has since been demolished and redeveloped as the "Broad Shopping Centre" with hardly any evidence of the railway ever being there.

Former Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Sutton Junction		Midland Railway (Sutton Branch)		Terminus

References

^ "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 881. 1881. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
^ "Derby and Derbyshire and Elsewhere". Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal. England. 13 January 1912. Retrieved 8 May 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Stationmaster for Sutton". Nottingham Journal. England. 30 December 1937. Retrieved 8 May 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
Station on navigable O.S. map
Huthwaite Online - Tracking Stationed Railways