- Ollerton railway station
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Ollerton Location Area Derbyshire Operations Original company LD&ECR Pre-grouping Great Central Railway Post-grouping LNER
British RailwaysHistory 15 December 1896 Opened 19 September 1955 scheduled services end 6 September 1964 closed 6 July 1991 reopened 8 July 1991 Closed[1] Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–ZOllerton railway station is a former railway station in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire. It was opened by the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway in March 1897 and closed by British Railways in 1955.
Some time later a branch was built to serve Ollerton Colliery. In the mid Twentieth century, the LMS and LNER jointly proposed a coal line to be called the Mid-Notts Joint Railway from Bestwood Park Junction, near Nottingham to Checker House Junction on the former GCR line near Retford. Only the section between Ollerton and Farnsfield was built. The southern section to Bestwood Park was completed in the 1950s to serve the new Calverton Colliery.[2]
The former line through Ollerton Station has been reopened to non-passenger traffic in August 2009. The line will be used by Network Rail to test new engineering trains and on-track plant. The new test line runs from Thoresby Colliery Junction to the site of the partially demolished High Marnham Power Station, and passes former station sites of Ollerton, Boughton and Tuxford Central, all these stations were closed in 1955.[3]
Further eastwards the line climbed at around 1 in 150 towards Boughton as it crossed a ridge before the valley of the River Trent.[4]
Former Services Preceding station Disused railways Following station Edwinstowe British Rail Boughton References
- ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
- ^ Cupit,T., Taylor, W., (1984 2nd.Ed.) The Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway, Trowbridge: The Oakwood Press
- ^ PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE: NETWORK RAIL OPENS VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
- ^ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.16
Coordinates: 53°11′39″N 1°01′42″W / 53.19418°N 1.02831°W
External links
Categories:- Disused railway stations in Nottinghamshire
- Former Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1896
- Railway stations closed in 1964
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