Brocklesby railway station
| Brocklesby | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Brocklesby |
| Area | Lincolnshire |
| Coordinates | 53°36′27″N 0°18′30″W / 53.60742°N 0.30822°WCoordinates: 53°36′27″N 0°18′30″W / 53.60742°N 0.30822°W |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 1848 | Opened |
| 3 October 1993 | Closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
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Brocklesby railway station was a station in Brocklesby, Lincolnshire.[1] It was formally closed by British Rail on 3 October 1993.[2][3]
The station in 1967
The station was located to suit the Earl of Yarborough, in his capacity as chairman of the Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway who built the line. It included a private waiting room for the Earl. The building was designed by architects Weightman and Hadfield in the Tudor Gothic style used throughout the line.[3] The building is listed as grade II, in which the style is referred to as Jacobean.[4]
The disused signal box is also a grade II Listed building.[5]
On 27 March 1907, two freight trains collided at Brocklesby.[6]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnetby | Great Central | Habrough | ||
References
- ↑ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.22
- ↑ "List of dates from 1 January 1985 to 20 January 2006 of last passenger trains at closed BR (or Network Rail stations since privatisation)". Department for Transport Website: Freedom of Information Act responses, February 2006. Department for Transport. 2006. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Historic England. "Brocklesby station (498216 )". PastScape. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ↑ Historic England. "Brocklesby station (Grade II) (1103715)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ↑ Historic England. "Signal box at Brocklesby station (Grade II) (1249630)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ↑ Trevena, Arthur (1980). Trains in Trouble. Vol. 1. Redruth: Atlantic Books. pp. 22–23. ISBN 0-906899-01-X.
External links
Media related to Brocklesby railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Domesday reloaded. BBC. 1986 http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-508000-411000/page/14. Retrieved 6 August 2013. Missing or empty
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