Carrington railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Carrington
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caption =
manager = Great Central Railway
owner = London and North Eastern Railway
locale = Nottingham
borough = Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
platforms = 2
years = 15 March 1899
events = Opened
years1 = 24 September 1928
events1 = Closed

Carrington railway station was a former railway station on the Great Central Main Line which served the Nottingham suburb of Carrington from 1899 to 1928.

History

The station was opened by the Great Central Railway on its London Extension and was one of only two stations on the line to have its platforms on each side, rather than having a single central island. It was built in a deep cutting between Sherwood rise and the Mansfield Road tunnels. [Anderson, P.H., (1985 2nd ed) "Forgotten Railways Vol 2: The East Midlands," Newton Abbot: David and Charles]

There were small waiting rooms on the platforms, but the booking office and main buildings were at street level with a long path leading down to the platforms

However by the time it was built, the city's electric tram network was well established, and passenger services finished in 1929.

The street level buildings have been taken over as businesses, but the cutting has been filled in.

There was another station in Nottingham called Carrington Street.

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