Sutton Junction railway station was a station in

Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire Sutton-in-Ashfield is a market town in Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of 48,527 in 2019. It is the largest town in the district of Ashfield, four miles west of Mansfield, two miles from the Derbyshire border and 12 miles nort ...

, England. It was opened in 1850, and was located on 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 ...

's Mansfield Branch Line (Now the

Robin Hood Line The Robin Hood Line is a railway line running from Nottingham to Worksop, Nottinghamshire, in the United Kingdom. The stations between Shirebrook and Whitwell (inclusive) are in Derbyshire. Passenger services are operated by East Midlands Rai ...

). It was one of four stations that served the town. The others were Sutton-in-Ashfield Central, Sutton-in-Ashfield and Sutton-in-Ashfield Town. The station was replaced by the modern-day station on the same line and now known as "Sutton Parkway".

History

Opened by the

, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the

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of 1923. The station then passed on to the

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in 1948, the station survived use until 1964.

Stationmasters

From 1907 the station master's position was taken over by the stationmaster at Sutton-in-Ashfield *W. Clay ca. 1860 - 1881 *William Tomblin 1881 - 1886 *Charles Snell 1886 - 1894 (afterwards station master at Sutton-in-Ashfield) *Louis Elvidge 1894 - 1907

The site today

The Robin Hood Line was revived in the 1990s following the closure of the

Mansfield Railway The Mansfield Railway was an eleven-mile railway line in Nottinghamshire, England. It was built to serve collieries opening in the coalfield around Mansfield, and ran between junctions at Clipstone and Kirkby-in-Ashfield on the Great Central Ra ...

through the town and the freight-only route was then reused. However, the new station was opened 700m east from the former station site. Nothing remains of the station site. Only the lines are still in use.

References

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Station on navigable O.S. map
{{Closed stations Nottinghamshire Disused railway stations in Nottinghamshire Former Midland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1874 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 Beeching closures in England Sutton-in-Ashfield