Gedling and Carlton railway station was a former

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

built to serve the villages of

Gedling Gedling is a village in the Gedling district, in Nottinghamshire, England, four miles northeast of Nottingham city centre. The population at the 2011 census of the ward was 6,817 and 111,787 for the district. Gedling was recorded in the Dome ...

and

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History

It was opened by the

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on its Derbyshire Extension in 1875–6. It was on the climb from the junction at

Colwick Colwick ( ) is a village, civil parish, and suburb of the city of Nottingham, in the English ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire. It is situated to the east of Nottingham's city boundary, and forms the Colwick ward within the local governmen ...

with the

Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway The Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway was a British railway company, which hoped to connect Lancashire with the port of Boston, in Lincolnshire. It was authorised in 1846 but was unable to raise much money. It opened a ...

into Nottingham London Road. From Gedling and Carlton, the line climbed through Mapperley Tunnel between the

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and Leen valleys, reaching the first summit of the line at

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. Mapperley Tunnel was extremely unstable due to mining subsidence and the heavy traffic through it. In 1925 part of the roof collapsed, blocking the line, and this was part of the reason that this section of line closed prematurely. In December 1956 in thick fog, a goods train struck Paul Potter, aged 10, who was crossing the track. The train passed over him and he survived with only minor injuries Gedling station closed in 1960.

Stationmasters

*Joseph Gibson ca. 1876 *John Bott ca. 1877 *George Wilson ca. 1880 ca. 1881 *John Brook ca. 1883 ca. 1885 *George Baker ca. 1888 *Richard Maddison 1889 - 1901 *John Smedley ca. 1902 *Benjamin William Stocks 1903 - 1920 *Frederick Joseph Wilson ca. 1922 ca. 1925 *C.S. Barnard ca. 1950 *Sam S. Scott (formerly station master at Pye Hall, afterwards station master at Swinton)

Present day

The original station building is currently owned by a youth group

References

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