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Basford North railway station

Coordinates: 52°59′25″N 1°11′00″W / 52.99024°N 1.18342°W / 52.99024; -1.18342
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Basford North
General information
LocationNottingham
Platforms2
History
Original companyGreat Northern Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Northern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 February 1876[1]Opened as New Basford
1 August 1876Renamed Basford and Bulwell
21 September 1953Renamed Basford North
7 September 1964Closed to passengers
2 October 1967[2]Goods facilities withdrawn

Basford North railway station was a former railway station to serve Basford and Bulwell in Nottinghamshire, England. It was close to the River Leen which it crossed with a nine-arch brick viaduct.[3]

History

It was opened originally as Dob Park Station as it was built on land belonging to that estate but quickly changed its name to Basford and Bulwell. Built by the Great Northern Railway on its Derbyshire Extension in 1875-6, and later again renamed Basford North to avoid confusion with the Midland Railways's earlier built station originally named Basford opened in 1848[1]

It closed in 1964. There were further stations in Bulwell at Bulwell Common, Bulwell Forest and Bulwell Hall Halt.[4]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Daybrook   London Midland Region of British Railways
(Derby) Friargate Line
  Kimberley

Present day

An industrial estate occupies the former site of the station.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, pp. 168, 29.
  2. ^ Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977. Bristol: Avon-AngliA Publications & Services. p. 103. ISBN 0-905466-19-5. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ Higginson, M., (1989) The Friargate Line:Derby and the Great Northern Railway, Derby: Golden Pingle Publishing
  4. ^ http://www.systemed.plus.com/New_Adlestrop_Railway_Atlas.pdf
  5. ^ Shannon, Paul (2007). Nottinghamshire (British Railways Past and Present). Kettering, Northants: Past & Present Publishing. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-85895-253-6. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

     

52°59′25″N 1°11′00″W / 52.99024°N 1.18342°W / 52.99024; -1.18342