Bestwood Colliery railway station

Bestwood Colliery

Station building in 1963
Location
Place Bestwood Village
Area Gedling
Operations
Original company Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms 2
History
2 October 1882[1] Opened as Bestwood
March 1883 Renamed Bestwood Colliery
March 1907 Renamed Bestwood
October 1907 Renamed Bestwood Colliery
14 September 1931 Closed to passengers
7 April 1958[2] Goods facilities withdrawn
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Bestwood Colliery railway station was a former station on the Great Northern Railway Nottingham to Shirebrook line.[3]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Butler's Hill   London and North Eastern Railway
Nottingham to Shirebrook
  Bulwell Forest

References

  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 33.
  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 & Services. p. 12. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
  3. British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer.

Coordinates: 53°01′13″N 1°11′00″W / 53.02037°N 1.18320°W / 53.02037; -1.18320


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