Radford railway station

It was opened by the Midland Railway on 2 October 1848. Three passenger trains a day in each direction were provided from Monday to Saturday, with two on Sundays. The fare from Nottingham to Radford was 9d. for first class (equivalent to £3.86 in 2025),^[1] 6d for second class (equivalent to £2.57 in 2025),^[1] and 4d for third class (equivalent to £1.71 in 2025).^[1][2]

In 1870, the Midland Railway approved the construction of the Radford to Trowell line, which started at a junction just north of Radford station.^[3] Along with the Ambergate to Codnor Park line constructed at the same time, its purpose was to route Lancashire freight traffic via Nottingham, to avoid the bottleneck of Derby.^[4]

The line was nearly 5 miles (8 km) in length and the contractor was Messrs Eckersley and Bayliss of Derby.^[5] Some labour force problems ^[6] delayed completion of the line until 1874.^[7] It was formally opened on 1 May 1875.^[4] and also served Wollaton Colliery and later Trowell Moor Colliery.

The station was closed on 12 October 1964.^[8] No trace of it remains beyond different coloured brickwork on the A609 road bridge where steps went down to the platform,^[9] and some windows which can be seen from the Jubilee Campus of the University of Nottingham

• Mr. Watson ca. 1852 and ca. 1857
• William Porter ca. 1859 - 1908^[10] (Formerly stationmaster at Teversall. Also stationmaster at Lenton from 1907)
• S. Eaton until 1911 (afterwards stationmaster at Lowdham)
• J. Davies 1911 - 1922 (also stationmaster of Basford and Bulwell, afterwards stationmaster at Bath)
• S.J. Whitehead 1922 - ???? (also stationmaster of Basford and Bulwell)
• P. Marshall ???? - 1938
• W.A.J. Slater 1937^[11] - ???? (formerly signalman at Cudworth)