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. The station lies within Woodthorpe Grange Park in Woodthorpe. The NSR was built mainly for the brickworks of

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and Thornywood, however, there were passenger services to

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and Sherwood Station. In 1905, Parry sold the estate to Godfrey Small a Nottingham City

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. Meanwhile, the railway was struggling with the opening of the electric

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from

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to Sherwood. In 1916 the regular passenger service was withdrawn and Sherwood Station closed. Woodthorpe Grange Park opened to the public in 1922. On 10 July 1928

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and Queen Mary visited the park and 17,000 school children travelled to the event on the NSR to Sherwood Station (which had been re-opened for the event). An enthusiasts special ran on 16 June 1951 but goods train finished on 1 August 1951 when the line was abandoned. The track was lifted in 1954.

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