Radford railway station

For the railway station in Australia, see Radford railway station, Queensland.

Radford
The site of the station in 2012
General information
LocationRadford, Nottingham
England
Coordinates52°57′23″N 1°11′04″W / 52.9563°N 1.1845°W / 52.9563; -1.1845
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Key dates
2 October 1848 (1848-10-02)Station opened
12 October 1964 (1964-10-12)Station closed
Midland Railway timetable from 1848 showing services between Nottingham and Kirkby

Radford railway station was on the Midland Main Line and Robin Hood Line in Radford, Nottingham.

History

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. in first class (equivalent to £4.76 in 2023),[1] 6d in second class (equivalent to £3.17 in 2023),[1] and 4d in third class (equivalent to £2.11 in 2023).[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 in length and the contractor was Messrs Eckersley and Bayliss of Derby.[5] Some labour force issues[6] delayed completion of the line until 1874.[7] It formally opened on 1 May 1875.[4] and also served Wollaton Colliery and later Trowell Moor Colliery.

It 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

Stationmasters

  • 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)
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Lenton
Line open, station closed 		  Midland Railway
Nottingham to Mansfield line 		  Basford
Line open, station closed
Lenton
Line open, station closed 		  Midland Railway
Radford to Trowell line 		  Trowell
Line open, station closed

References

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  1. ^ a b c UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Nottingham and Mansfield Branch". Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties. England. 6 October 1848. Retrieved 23 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Railway Intelligence". Bedfordshire Times and Independent. England. 13 August 1870. Retrieved 24 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ a b Barnes, E. G. (1969). The Rise of the Midland Railway 1875-1922. New York: Augustus M. Kelley. p. 50.
  5. ^ "New Railway Improvements in the Midlands". Nottinghamshire Guardian. England. 1 September 1871. Retrieved 24 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Railway Intelligence. Midland". Bradford Observer. England. 13 August 1873. Retrieved 24 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "The Midland Railway Company. Important Report of the Directors". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 11 February 1874. Retrieved 24 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 193. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  9. ^ Kingscott, Geoffrey (2010) [First published 2004]. Lost Railways of Nottinghamshire. Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books. p. 94. ISBN 978 1 85306 884 3.
  10. ^ "Items of Local Interest". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 10 September 1908. Retrieved 24 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "L.M.S. appointments". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 20 March 1937. Retrieved 24 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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