Blidworth and Rainworth railway station

Blidworth and Rainworth railway station was a railway station which served the villages of Blidworth and Rainworth, Nottinghamshire, England.

Blidworth and Rainworth
Blidworth and Rainworth railway station in the distance in 1963
General information
LocationEngland
Grid referenceSK594579
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1871Opened as Rainworth
24 March 1877Renamed Blidworth
12 August 1929Closed to passengers
25 June 1964Closed for freight

History

The station opened in 1871[1] as Rainworth when the Midland Railway opened a line from Southwell to Mansfield.

It was renamed Blidworth on 24 March 1877.[2]

The station closed to passengers on 12 August 1929[3] when the Mansfield to Southwell section, which passed through a mining area, closed to passengers. The railway replaced it with a road motor omnibus service provided in conjunction with Mansfield and District Tramways Limited connecting with the railway stations between Mansfield and Newark. Freight services continued until 25 June 1964.

Nothing remains of the station or trackbed and it has been lost to a housing development called Curzon Close.

Services
  • Timetable from the Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald Saturday 12 August 1871 showing the station named as Rainworth
    Timetable from the Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald Saturday 12 August 1871 showing the station named as Rainworth
  • Timetable from Mansfield Reporter, 29 November 1878 showing the station named as Blidworth
    Timetable from Mansfield Reporter, 29 November 1878 showing the station named as Blidworth

Stationmasters
  • A. Nowell 1872 - 1875 (formerly station master at Worthington)
  • E. Prisgrane 1875 - 1879
  • G. Lambert 1879 - 1884
  • W. Doughty 1884 - 1908[4]
  • Charles Walter Chapple 1908[5] - 1929
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Farnsfield
Line and station closed		   Midland Railway
Rolleston Junction to Mansfield		   Sutton Junction
Line closed, station closed

References
  1. A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Vol 9. The East Midlands. Robin Leleux. ISBN 0715371657
  2. "Midland Railway changes". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. England. 2 May 1877. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Stations Closed". Derby Daily Telegraph. England. 3 August 1929. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Midland Railway Staff Changes". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 22 October 1908. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Railway Staff Changes". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 22 October 1908. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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