Nottingham London Road railway station

Nottingham London Road railway station
Nottingham London Road
NottinghamGreatNorthernstation1.JPG
The station in 2008.
Location
Place Nottingham
Area Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Grid reference SK580394
Operations
Original company Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Great Central Railway and Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms ?
History
3 October 1857 Opened as Nottingham London Road[1]
15 March 1899 Original station renamed Nottingham London Road Low Level.
24 May 1900 High level station opened.
22 May 1944 Low level closed to passengers.
3 July 1967 High level closed to passengers.[1]
4 December 1972 Goods services withdrawn[2]
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Nottingham London Road railway station was opened by the Great Northern Railway on London Road Nottingham in 1857.[3]

History

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The station was opened in 1857 by the Great Northern Railway at the terminus of its line from Grantham, originally built by the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway.[4] The station was designed by the local architect Thomas Chambers Hine. GNR trains originally used the Midland station in Nottingham, but there were frequent disputes, especially when the GNR began running through trains from London via Grantham in a shorter time than the MR could manage. To solve the problem, the GNR opened their own station served by a new line from near Netherfield, adjacent to the Midland line whose tracks they had previously used.

When Nottingham Victoria railway station was opened in 1900, the Great Northern had to construct a new chord line, carried mainly on brick arches and steel girders, by means of a junction at Trent Lane, east of London Road, to Weekday Cross where it joined the Great Central main line. The new chord line included a station on an island platform reached, by means of a staircase from the booking office on the same approach road to the earlier London Road terminus. To avoid confusion the new station was designated 'High Level' and the old station renamed 'Low Level'. The transfer to Victoria Station gave the Great Northern a prestigious location and avoided their need to reverse trains to and from Grantham, Derbyshire, and north of Nottingham. Passenger services at the low level station were substantially reduced with the opening of the Victoria station and the last passenger service ran on 22 May 1944. The station however remained open as a mail depot for troops during the Second World War before becoming a parcels depot until the 1970s.[5]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Terminus   London Midland Region of British Railways
(Derby) Friargate Line
  Gedling & Carlton
Terminus   London Midland Region of British Railways
Nottingham to Grantham Line
  Nottingham Racecourse
Nottingham Victoria   Great Northern Railway
Nottingham to Grantham
Nottingham to Newark
Nottingham to Shirebrook
Nottingham to Basford & Bulwell
  Netherfield
Nottingham Victoria   Great Northern Railway
Nottingham Suburban
  Thorney Wood

Present day

Although severely damaged by fire in the late 1990s, the station building has been restored and was converted to a Holmes Place health and fitness club.[6] It is now used as a Virgin Active Health Club.

References

  1. ^ a b Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 175.
  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 0-90546-619-5. 
  3. ^ British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazatteer.
  4. ^ Kingscott, G., (2004) Lost Railways of Nottinghamshire, Newbury: Countryside Books
  5. ^ LNWR GNR Joint Railway, "London Road".
  6. ^ Shannon, Paul (2007). Nottinghamshire (British Railways Past and Present). Kettering, Northants: Past & Present Publishing. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-85895-253-6. 
  • A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Volume 9 The East Midlands, Robin Leleux.

Coordinates: 52°56′46″N 1°8′16″W / 52.94611°N 1.13778°W / 52.94611; -1.13778


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