Carrington railway station

Carrington railway station was a railway station in Nottingham on the Great Central Railway main line,^[1] the last main line to be built from the north of England to London. The station opened with the line on 15 March 1899, and served the Nottingham suburb of Carrington until 1928.

History

The station was opened by the Great Central Railway on its London Extension and was one of only two original stations on the line to have its platforms on each side, rather than having a single central island. It served a relatively affluent residential area about a mile to the north of the city centre along the Mansfield Road, and thus was popular with business people, and was built in a deep cutting 154 yards (140 metres) in length between the Sherwood Rise and Mansfield Road Tunnels. Had it not been for Carrington station the line would have remained underground here.^[2]

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 the station was opened, the city's electric tram network was already well established, and this limited the station's usage. It was closed to passenger services on 24 September 1928 - the first station on the Great Central Main Line to close. The line itself closed on 5 September 1966 to passengers and completely on 25 March 1968. There were never any goods facilities at Carrington.

The street level buildings continued to be used at various times as businesses, including the "Alldogs Poodle Parlour" and a sweet shop, but have now been demolished. The cutting has been filled in to street level and the Clarendon Park regional facility of the Open University now occupies the site. Shafts have been provided to maintain access to the tunnels for inspection and maintenance purposes.

There was another station in Nottingham called Carrington Street, later superseded by the present Nottingham station.

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