Kimberley East railway station

Kimberley East
The station in 2006.
General information
Location	Kimberley, Broxtowe England
Grid reference	SK498448
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Northern Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 August 1876[1]	Opened as Kimberley
13 June 1955	Renamed Kimberley East
7 September 1964	Closed to passengers
2 November 1964[2]	Goods facilities withdrawn

Kimberley East Railway Station was a station serving the town of Kimberley in Nottinghamshire, England.

History

It was opened by the Great Northern Railway on its Derbyshire Extension in 1875-6

It was on the second summit on the climb through Watnall Tunnel from Basford and Bulwell of what was a hilly line, crossing as it did, several river valleys.[3] Passenger services finished in 1964 and the line finally closed in 1968.

Following the trackbed of this line takes you to the Bennerley Viaduct. This is a grade II listed structure which is still in place on the Nottinghamshire Derbyshire border.

Kimberley's other station was on a line from the Midland Railway's Erewash Valley Line to Nottingham.[4]

Stationmasters

• Samuel Packman ca. 1879
• Thomas Hutchinson ca. 1891 - 1893
• James Brook 1893 - 1908
• George Charles Pike 1908 - 1932[5]
• Joseph Mills Reddish 1932 - 1940[6]
• F.H. McArthur until 1944[7] (afterwards station master at Eastwood and Langley Mill)
• Joseph George Watts 1944[8] - ca. 1950 (formerly station master at Daybrook)
• H.H. Mather ca. 1953 (formerly station master at West Hallam)

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Basford North		London Midland Region of British Railways (Derby) Friargate Line		Awsworth

Present day

The line is now disused although it can still be traced and is used by walkers and horse riders from Kimberley as far as Hempshill Vale towards Nottingham where its trackbed has been used to accommodate Hempshill Hall Primary School.

The station buildings have been converted to residential accommodation. Part of the site of the station platforms is occupied by a car park and commercial workshop units. The former goods yard was occupied as a timber storage yard for many years but was subsequently redeveloped for housing. The rest of the station site and the trackbed towards Watnall (as far as the Newdigate Street road bridge where the cutting has been filled) has been preserved as a nature reserve.

Further reading

• Henshaw, Alfred (2000). The Great Northern Railway in the East Midlands. RCTS. ISBN 0-901115-88-6.
• Kingscott, Geoffrey (2004). Lost Railways of Nottinghamshire. Countryside Books. ISBN 1-85306-884-5.
• Lee, John M. (2001). A Brief History of Kimberley (First ed.).
• Lee, John M. (2002). A Brief History of Watnall (First ed.).

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 133.
2. Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977. Bristol: Avon-AngliA Publications & Services. p. 70. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
3. Higginson, M., (1989) The Friargate Line:Derby and the Great Northern Railway, Derby: Golden Pingle Publishing
4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2008.
5. "Mr. G.C. Pike". Nottingham Journal. England. 31 March 1932. Retrieved 22 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Stationmaster dies". Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian. England. 17 February 1940. Retrieved 22 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Appointments by L.N.E.R.". Derby Daily Telegraph. England. 13 September 1944. Retrieved 22 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Local Stationmaster's New Post". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 9 November 1944. Retrieved 22 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

See also

• Kimberley West railway station
• Watnall railway station

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