Bestwood Colliery railway station

Bestwood Colliery
Station building in 1963
Location
Place Bestwood Village
Area Gedling
Operations
Original company Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms ?
History
2 October 1882[1] Opened as Bestwood
March 1883 Renamed Bestwood Colliery
March 1907 Renamed Bestwood
October 1907 Renamed Bestwood Colliery
14 September 1931 Closed to passengers
7 April 1958[2] Goods facilities withdrawn
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Bestwood Colliery railway station was a former station on the Great Northern Railway Nottingham to Shirebrook line.[3]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Butler's Hill   London and North Eastern Railway
Nottingham to Shirebrook		   Bulwell Forest

References

  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 33.
  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. 12. ISBN 0-90546-619-5. 
  3. ^ British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer.