Farnsfield railway station was a railway station serving the village of

Farnsfield Farnsfield is a large village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire in Sherwood Forest. It is in the local government district of Newark and Sherwood. The population of the civil parish as at the 2011 Census was 2,731, an increase from 2,681 in ...

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...

, England.

History

The station opened in 1871 when the

Midland Railway The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It am ...

opened a line from Southwell to Mansfield. The station closed to passengers on 12 August 1929 when the Mansfield to Southwell section, which passed through a

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area, closed to passengers. The railway replaced it with a road motor omnibus service provided in conjunction with Mansfield and District Tramways Limited connecting with the railway stations between Mansfield and Newark. Freight services continued until 25 June 1964. The station and goods shed remain as private residences.

Stationmasters

*Robert Nash until 1883 *John William Holden 1883 - 1908 *Charles Treharne Holden from 1908 (son of John W. Holden, also formerly station master at Holwell Junction)

References

{{Closed stations Nottinghamshire Disused railway stations in Nottinghamshire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1871 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1929 Former Midland Railway stations