Edwalton railway station
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Edwalton | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Edwalton, Rushcliffe England | ||||
| Coordinates | 52°54′38″N 1°07′08″W / 52.9105°N 1.1189°W | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Midland Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 November 1879 | Opened for goods | ||||
| 2 February 1880 | Opened to passengers | ||||
| 28 July 1941 | Closed to passengers | ||||
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Edwalton railway station served the village of Edwalton and the nearby town of West Bridgford in Nottinghamshire, England. It was opened on the Midland Railway Melton direct route between London and Nottingham, avoiding Leicester.
The station was opened for goods on 1 November 1879,[1] and to passengers on 2 February 1880[1] by the Midland Railway. The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders.[2]
It was on the Nottingham direct line of the Midland Railway from Melton Mowbray to Nottingham, which had opened the previous year to allow the railway company's expresses between London and the North to avoid reversal at Nottingham. It also improved access to and from the iron-ore fields in Leicestershire and Rutland.
The list of station masters included:[3]
- Thomas Robinson 1879 - 1881 (formerly station master at Harrow Road, Willesden, afterwards station master at Chorlton-cum-Hardy, then South Wingfield)[4]
- George Butler 1881 - 1883
- Oliver John Haddock 1883 - 1888 (formerly station master at Church Road, Birmingham)
- William Henry Turner 1888 - 1890 (formerly station master at Bournville)
- Samuel Oughton 1890 - 1893 (afterwards station master at Widmerpool)
- Charles Bateman 1893 - 1903
- George William Allen 1904 - 1909 (afterwards station master at Saxby)[5]
- Joseph Bartholomew 1908[6] - 1913 (formerly station master at Cross Hill and Codnor, afterwards station master at Nottingham Road, Derby)
- A. Glastonbury (later station master at Denby)
- Herbert Edward Wooster 1913 - 1921 (afterwards station master at Little Eaton and Coxbench)[7]
- Frank Tunnicliffe 1921[8] - 1925
- Walter Toogood 1926 - 1934
- Thomas Bertram Pendleton 1936 - 1939 (afterwards station master at South Witham)
The station closed on 28 July 1941.[9]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Nottingham | Midland Railway Nottingham direct line of the Midland Railway |
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