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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Kirkby Bentinck Railway Station

Kirkby Bentinck railway station is a former station on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway which served the town of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England from 1893 to 1963.

History

Kirkby Bentinck railway station was on the Annesley branch of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, later the Great Central Railway on the section between Nottingham Victoria and Sheffield Victoria. The station was opened in January 1893 and closed in March 1963 after 70 years in service. Until 1 August 1925 it was named Kirkby & Pinxton station, and it appeared on Ordnance Survey maps as Kirkby & Bentinck station.

Nothing remains of Kirkby Bentinck station apart from two concrete poles that held the station sign and the station master's house on Church Hill.

References

  1. ^ "Kirkby Bentinck Station". Disused Stations Site Records. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Historic England Research Records Kirkby Bentinck Station". www.heritagegateway.org.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2021.

Former services

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Tibshelf Town
Line and station closed
  Great Central Railway
Left arrow Derbyshire Lines
London Extension Right arrow
  Hollin Well and Annesley
Line and station closed