Hollinwell and Annesley (previously Hollin Well and Annesley) railway station is a former station on the

Great Central Railway The Great Central Railway in England was formed when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897, anticipating the opening in 1899 of its London Extension. On 1 January 1923, the company was grouped into the ...

on the section from

Nottingham Victoria Nottingham Victoria railway station was a Great Central Railway and Great Northern Railway railway station in Nottingham, England. It was designed by the architect Albert Edward Lambert, who also designed the rebuild of the Nottingham Midland s ...

to Sheffield Victoria. The station was opened in November 1901 and closed in September 1962. It was one of the earliest closures on the section from Nottingham to Sheffield.

History

The station halt initially-known as Hollin Well and Annesley opened on the London extension of the Great Central Railway on 1 November 1901, serving

Notts Golf Club Notts Golf Club, more commonly referred to simply as Hollinwell, is an 18-hole members golf club in Nottinghamshire, England which has hosted a number of leading amateur and professional competitions. The course has widely been reviewed as one o ...

's then new Hollinwell

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; the club had guaranteed £200 a year in receipts."The Club"
Hollinwell, retrieved 16 March 2021. The station was on the south edge of the golf course with no road access, and had two wooden platforms and a wood footbridge. Initially, two trains a day serving the station were timetabled in ''

Bradshaw's Guide ''Bradshaw's'' was a series of railway Public transport timetable, timetables and travel guide books published by W.J. Adams and later Henry Blacklock, both of London. They are named after founder George Bradshaw, who produced his first timet ...

'', but the station soon became excluded from timetables, presumably for private use. By 1941, the spelling had changed to Hollinwell. It closed on 10 September 1962.Nick Catford
"Station Name: HOLLINWELL & ANNESLEY"
Disused Stations, 21 May 2017, retrieved 16 March 2021.

Present day

The station has been demolished and no traces remain at the site.

Former services

References

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