The former station masters house at Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central

Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central is 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 ...

that served the town of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.

History

The station was opened in 1917 by 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 Rai ...

along with Mansfield Central and Sutton-in-Ashfield Central. The line, including its stations, was worked by 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 ...

and became part of the

LNER LNER may refer to: * London and North Eastern Railway, a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1923 until 1947 * London North Eastern Railway, a train operating company in the United Kingdom since 2018 * Liquid neutral earthing resistor, a typ ...

in 1923 and subsequently

British Rail British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British rai ...

ways in 1948. The station was conventional and spacious. Most passenger services plied between Nottingham Victoria and Mansfield Central, with some extending to Edwinstowe and Ollerton. Goods and timetabled passenger services ceased on 3 January 1956, though Summer weekend excursion traffic to Scarborough, Cleethorpes, Skegness and Mablethorpe continued until 1962. The line through the station was closed on 7 January 1968 and subsequently lifted.

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Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central railway station on navigable 1947 O.S. Map
{{Closed stations Nottinghamshire Disused railway stations in Nottinghamshire Former Great Central Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1917 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1956 Ashfield District

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