Daybrook railway station

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Daybrook
Daybrook railway station.jpg
LocationDaybrook, Nottingham
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Northern Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Northern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 February 1876[1]Opened as Bestwood and Arnold
1 March 1876Renamed Daybrook for Arnold and Bestwood
1 August 1876Renamed Daybrook
4 April 1960Closed to passengers
1 June 1964[2]Goods facilities withdrawn
Site of Daybrook station in 2021

Daybrook railway station was a railway station in Daybrook, Nottinghamshire. It was opened by the Great Northern Railway on its Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension in 1875–6 and closed in 1960.

History[]

It was on the descent from towards Leen Valley Junction where the line from Annesley joined.[3] The line between Gedling and Carlton and Daybrook closed in 1960 because of mining subsidence in Mapperley Tunnel.[4]

Stationmasters[]

  • Charles Frederick Pulford ca. 1877 - 1907[5]
  • Thomas Peacock 1907 - 1928[6]
  • J.F. House 1928 - 1929[7]
  • F.M. Wright 1930 - 1936[8] (afterwards stationmaster at Peterborough)
  • Joseph George Watts 1936? - 1944 (afterwards acting stationmaster at Kimberley)
  • W.H. Arrand 1945 - ca. 1950 - ???? (formerly stationmaster at Arksey, Yorkshire)


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Bulwell Forest   London and North Eastern Railway
Nottingham to Shirebrook 		  Gedling & Carlton
Basford North   London Midland Region of British Railways
(Derby) Friargate Line 		 
Terminus   Great Northern Railway
Nottingham Suburban Railway 		  Sherwood

Present day[]

The site is now occupied by retail and a section of trackbed is now a footpath.

References[]

  1. ^ 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. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 33. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  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 and Services. p. 103. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
  3. ^ Higginson, Mark (1992). The Friargate line: Derby and the Great Northern Railway. Derby: Golden Pingle Publishing. ISBN 978-0951383407.
  4. ^ Shannon, Paul (2007). Nottinghamshire (British Railways Past and Present). Kettering: Past & Present Publishing. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-85895-253-6.
  5. ^ "Thirty years at Station-Master. Presentation to Mr. Pulford at Daybrook". Nottingham Journal. England. 23 August 1907. Retrieved 23 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Daybrook Stationmaster's Retirement". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 8 December 1928. Retrieved 23 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Mr. J.F. House leaves for Oldham". West Bridgford Times & Echo. England. 3 January 1930. Retrieved 23 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Mr. E.W. Carney succeeded by Mr F.M. Wright. Stationmaster at Daybrook". Peterborough Standard. England. 3 January 1936. Retrieved 23 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

Coordinates: 52°59′42″N 1°08′25″W / 52.9949°N 1.1402°W / 52.9949; -1.1402


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