Pinxton and Selston railway station

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Pinxton and Selston
LocationPinxton, Bolsover, Derbyshire
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
6 November 1851[1]Station opens
16 June 1947Station closes to regular passenger traffic[2]
1963closed completely

Pinxton and Selston railway station was a station that served the villages of Pinxton, Derbyshire and Selston, Nottinghamshire. It was located on the Midland Railway's (Now the Robin Hood Line). It was one of three stations that served the village of Pinxton. The others were both Pinxton South and Pye Hill and Somercotes.

History[]

Opened by the Midland Railway in 1851, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station closed to regular passenger traffic in 1947 but continued in use for summer excursions until 1963,[3]

The site today[]

The Robin Hood Line was revived in the 1990s following the closure of the Mansfield Railway through the town and the freight-only route was then reused. However, the section from Kirkby to Langley Mill was not reopened to passengers and is in use for freight only. Nothing remains of Pinxton and Selston station.

As part of the Restoring Your Railway fund there are plans to reopen the station and the line to passengers. The line through the station would reopen first with a later stage to reopen the station. [4]

Former Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Pye Bridge   Midland Railway   Kirkby-in-Ashfield East

References[]

  1. ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 342
  2. ^ Railway passenger Stations by M.Quick page 342
  3. ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 342
  4. ^ Funding bid submitted for Maid Marian Line
  • 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • Mansfield & Pinxton Railway - Founded 1819
  • Pinxton and Sexton on Railscot

Coordinates: 53°05′10″N 1°18′34″W / 53.0862°N 1.3095°W / 53.0862; -1.3095

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