Trowell railway station served the village of

Trowell Trowell is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies a few miles west of Nottingham, in the borough of Broxtowe on the border with Derbyshire. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,568, falling to 2,378 at ...

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 trad ...

, England from 1884 to 1967 on the Erewash Valley Line.

History

The station opened on 2 June 1884 by 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 ama ...

. The booking hall was positioned on the bridge on the main road between Ilkeston and Nottingham. On 16 November 1938 Ernest Lawler broke into the station and stole the safe. He was imprisoned for 6 months. It closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 2 January 1967.

Stationmasters

*George Smith 1884 (temporary) *John Norton 1884 - 1916 (formerly stationmaster at Water Orton) *Arthur Billington ???? - 1936 *Harold Doxey 1936 - 1943 (afterwards stationmaster at Great Barr) *S Barratt 1943 - ???? *Neville J. Berry 1961 - ????

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Disused railway stations in Nottinghamshire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1884 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1967 1884 establishments in England 1967 disestablishments in England Former Midland Railway stations Beeching closures in England {{EastMidlands-railstation-stub