Warsop railway station
| Warsop | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Area | Nottinghamshire |
| Grid reference | SK 562 671 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | LD&ECR |
| Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
| Post-grouping |
LNER British Railways |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 8 March 1897 | Opened |
| 19 September 1955 | Closed to regular traffic |
| After August 1976 | Closed completely[1] |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
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Warsop railway station is a former railway station in Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire, England.
History
The station was opened by the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway in March 1897 and closed by British Railways in 1955. The station building made use of the LD&ECR's standard modular architecture.[2][3][4]
After leaving Shirebrook North station, the line crossed the Midland Nottingham to Worksop line (now the Robin Hood Line and passed the LD&ECR Warsop yard near Warsop Junction. These yards are still in use, currently by EWS. To the north was a branch to Warsop Main Colliery with extensive marshalling yards, now closed.[5][6]
Shortly after this, in the days when the line was built, the line ran into countryside, crossing Warsop Vale, and arrived at Warsop station.[7] These were in the days before the deep mines appeared penetrating the limestone cap.
Between Warsop and Edwinstowe the line climbed from the valley of the River Meden, heading for that of the River Maun. This was the beginning of the area known as The Dukeries, heavily promoted in the railway's literature in the hope of attracting tourist trade.
It passed by Warsop Windmill, where the GCR were later to provide a branch to Welbeck Colliery before reaching Clipstone, where it had been planned to build a branch to Mansfield. Instead it had built a curve into the Midland Railway line mentioned above. Sidings, however, were provided for the Duke of Portland. Further on into the Maun valley the GCR did build a junction for Mansfield Central, initially facing Lincoln, but then converted to a triangular one. Latterly this extended only to a group of collieries, all now closed.
Passenger Services
There never was a Sunday service calling at Warsop.
In 1922 the advertised services were:
Eastbound
- 1 train to Nottingham Victoria via Mansfield Central
- 4 trains to Mansfield Central, with two extra on Saturdays
- 2 trains to Lincoln High Street (later renamed Lincoln Central, now plain Lincoln), with an extra on Friday, Lincoln's Market Day
Westbound
- 4 trains to Chesterfield Market Place, with two extra on Saturdays
- 1 to Langwith Junction (later renamed Shirebrook North) on Fridays
- 1 to Langwith Junction (later renamed Shirebrook North) on Saturdays
Passengers aiming for Mansfield on Saturday evenings could catch the 22:44, non-stop Eastbound to Mansfield Central or wait for the 23:38 westbound to Langwith Junction which doubled back down what is now the Robin Hood Line to the Midland station at Mansfield, arriving at Midnight.[8]
The position in August 1939 was not greatly changed, though the late train to Mansfield Central had disappeared.[9]
By the Summer of 1964 all regular timetabled local services had been gone for nine years, but it was still possible to catch a train to Mablethorpe or Skegness, or even to Radford via the Warsop to Shirebrook Junction curve, but it would be the following Saturday before a direct train back.[10][11]
Modern Times
The line through the station site gives access from Shirebrook to UK Coal's Thoresby Colliery and to the High Marnham Test Track.
There is some hope of reopening the line as a branch off the Robin Hood Line and reopening Warsop, Edwinstowe and Ollerton stations, providing an hourly service to Mansfield and Nottingham.[12]
Neighbouring stations
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shirebrook North Line and station closed |
Great Central Railway LD&ECR |
Edwinstowe Line and station closed | ||
| Mansfield Central Line and station closed | ||||
| Shirebrook West Station open, line closed |
British Railways Summer Saturdays 1963-4 |
Edwinstowe Line and station closed | ||
References
- ↑ Butt 1995, p. 241.
- ↑ Anderson & Cupit 2000, p. 49.
- ↑ DVD2 2005, 11 to 17 mins from start.
- ↑ Warsop station photos: via PictureThePast
- ↑ Cupit & Taylor 1984, p. 17.
- ↑ Anderson 2013, p. 337.
- ↑ Ludlam 2013, p. 134.
- ↑ Bradshaw 1985, p. 718.
- ↑ Bradshaw, August 1939: via flickr
- ↑ 1964 Working Timetable (Up): via flickr
- ↑ 1964 Working Timetable (Down): via flickr
- ↑ Lambourne, Helen (22 July 2009). "New bid to extend rail link to Ollerton". Worksop Today. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
- Anderson, Paul (June 2013). Hawkins, Chris, ed. "Out and About with Anderson". Railway Bylines (Clophill, Beds: Irwell Press Ltd) 18 (7). ISSN 1360-2098.
- Anderson, Paul; Cupit, Jack (2000). An Illustrated History of Mansfield's Railways. Clophill: Irwell Press. ISBN 1-903266-15-7.
- Bradshaw, George (1985) [1922]. July 1922 Railway Guide. Newton Abbott: David & Charles.
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Cupit, Jack (February 1956). Allen, G. Freeman, ed. "The end of Passenger Services on the Mansfield Railway". Trains Illustrated (Hampton Court, Surrey: Ian Allan Ltd). IX, No. 2.
- Cupit, J.; Taylor, W. (1984) [1966]. The Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway. Oakwood Library of Railway History (2nd ed.). Headington: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-302-8. OL19.
- DVD2 (2005). Diesels Along:-The Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway. Chesterfield: Terminus Publications. DVD, stills and film with commentary, 60 mins.
- Ludlam, A.J. (March 2013). Kennedy, Rex, ed. "The Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway". Steam Days (Bournemouth: Redgauntlet 1993 Publications) 283. ISSN 0269-0020.
External links
- Warsop station on old O.S. Map: via Old-Maps
- Warsop Main Colliery 1: via warsopvale
- Warsop Main Colliery 2: via warsopvale
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Coordinates: 53°11′55.41″N 1°9′33.5″W / 53.1987250°N 1.159306°W