Basford North railway station

Basford North
Basford North Station on 21 August 1963
Location
Place Old Basford
Area Nottingham
Operations
Original company Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms ?
History
1 February 1876[1] Opened as New Basford
1 August 1876 Renamed Basford and Bulwell
21 September 1953 Renamed Basford North
7 September 1964 Closed to passengers
2 October 1967[2] Goods facilities withdrawn
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Basford North railway station was a former railway station to serve Basford and Bulwell in Nottinghamshire. 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 (Great Britain) on its Derbyshire Extension in 1875-6, and later again renamed Basford North to avoid confusion with The Midland Railways's earlier built station(Bulwell Market) opened in 1848

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		   Watnall

Present day

A "bleak" industrial estate occupies the former site of the station.[5]

References

  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 168.
  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. ^ 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.