Tuxford North
The site of the station in 1992
General information
LocationTuxford, Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire
England
Coordinates53°14′02″N 0°52′53″W / 53.2340°N 0.8814°W / 53.2340; -0.8814
Grid referenceSK 747 714
Platforms2[1][2]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Northern Railway
Pre-groupingGNR
Post-groupingLNER
British Railways
Key dates
1852Opened as Tuxford
1 July 1923Renamed Tuxford North
July 1955Closed for passengers[3]
15 June 1964closed for freight

Tuxford North railway station once served the town of Tuxford in Nottinghamshire, England.

Ambiguity

There were three Tuxford stations, though none was very near the centre of the town. They were:

  • Tuxford North, the subject of this article
  • Dukeries Junction, the next station south, about half a mile away, and
  • Tuxford Central, about a mile to the south west on a different line.

The positions of the three stations are most easily seen in the "External links", below.

Context

The station was opened in 1852 by the Great Northern Railway (GNR) on its main line from King's Cross to Doncaster. The GNR became part of the LNER in 1923, then British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

The station had two platforms and a signal box,[4][5] originally simply named "Tuxford", which controlled the Lincoln Road level crossing immediately north of the station. The road is now the A6075 and the level crossing has been replaced by a bridge which crosses the busy tracks slightly to the south.

The station was closed in 1955 and has since been razed to the ground.

The tracks through the station site are now part of the electrified East Coast Main Line.

Former services

Tuxford's three stations were connected, forming a triangle.[6][7] However, it was only ever possible to catch trains along two sides of the triangle, i.e. between:

  • Tuxford Central[8] and the high level[9] platforms at Dukeries Junction;
  • Tuxford North and the low level platforms[10] at Dukeries Junction.

Traffic along the third side of the triangle between Tuxford Central and Tuxford North was mainly freight, supplemented by summer weekend excursions from the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire area to the Yorkshire coast; these passed through both stations without stopping.[11]

In 1922

  • five northbound trains a day called at Tuxford (it was renamed Tuxford North a year later) en route from Newark (later renamed Newark North Gate) to Retford, where there were good connections west, north and east
  • six southbound trains called heading for Newark, with connections east, south and west.

Of the five northbound stoppers, only two picked up at Dukeries Junction, except on Fridays when three picked up there. Similarly, three southbound trains called at Dukeries Junction, with a fourth on Fridays.

Only one train in each direction called at Tuxford North on Sundays, on which days Dukeries Junction was closed.[12]

Tuxford North stuttered along until July 1955 and Tuxford Central until September 1955; Dukeries Junction had closed in 1950. The summer excursions continued to pass until 1964. The "third side of the triangle"[13][14] which connected Tuxford North and Central was closed in 1969.

Modern times

Tracks through the site of Dukeries Junction's low level platforms were slewed when the East Coast Main Line was electrified, enabling trains to go faster. This erased any last trace of the low-level platforms. Unusually for those days, the high-level station buildings were removed in the 1950s.

The line through the sites of Tuxford Central and the high level platforms at Dukeries Junction became redundant when High Marnham Power Station closed in 2003; however, the line reopened in 2009 as High Marnham Test Track.

Former Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Retford   British Railways
GNR		   Dukeries Junction
    Tuxford Central

References

  1. ↑ Stewart-Smith 2016a, p. 34.
  2. ↑ Stewart-Smith 2016b, p. 22.
  3. ↑ Butt 1995, p. 236.
  4. ↑ Lund 1999, p. 22.
  5. ↑ Tuxford North on Picture the Past website
  6. ↑ Kaye 1988, p. 70.
  7. ↑ Greening 1982, p. 63.
  8. ↑ Little 2002, p. 2.
  9. ↑ Little 2002, p. 3.
  10. ↑ Lund 1999, p. 24.
  11. ↑ Marsden 2004, 4:30 minutes from start.
  12. ↑ Bradshaw 1985, pp. 332-343 & 718.
  13. ↑ Ludlam 2013, p. 137.
  14. ↑ Mitchell 2008, p. 50.

Sources

  • Bradshaw, George (1985) [July 1922]. Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation guide for Great Britain and Ireland: A reprint of the July 1922 issue. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-8708-5. OCLC 12500436.
  • 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. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Greening, David (1982). Steam in the East Midlands. King's Lynn: Becknell Books. ISBN 978-0-907087-09-0.
  • Kaye, A.R. (1988). North Midland and Peak District Railways in the Steam Age, Volume 2. Chesterfield: Lowlander Publications. ISBN 978-0-946930-09-8.
  • Little, Lawson (Winter 2002). Bell, Brian (ed.). "Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway (Part III) Brief History of Tuxford". Forward. Holton-le-Clay: Brian Bell for the Great Central Railway Society. 134. ISSN 0141-4488.
  • Ludlam, A.J. (March 2013). Kennedy, Rex (ed.). "The Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway". Steam Days. Bournemouth: Redgauntlet 1993 Publications. 283. ISSN 0269-0020.
  • Lund, Brian (1999) [1991]. Nottinghamshire Railway Stations on old picture postcards. Keyworth: Reflections of a Bygone Age. ISBN 978-0-946245-36-9.
  • Marsden, Michael (2004C) [1962-6]. Retford, Marsden Rail 18 (DVD). Birkenshaw: Marsden Rail 2004. DVD18.
  • Mitchell, Alan (June 2008). Holley, Mel (ed.). "My First A1 Turn". Steam World. Peterborough: Steam World Publishing. 252. ISSN 0959-0897.
  • Stewart-Smith, Robin (October 2016a). Milner, Chris (ed.). "Tuxford: The growth and decline of a railway centre". The Railway Magazine. Horncastle: Mortons Media Group Ltd. 162 (1387). ISSN 0033-8923.
  • Stewart-Smith, Robin (November 2016b). Milner, Chris (ed.). "Tuxford: The growth and decline of a railway centre, Part 2". The Railway Magazine. Horncastle: Mortons Media Group Ltd. 162 (1388). ISSN 0033-8923.

Further reading

  • Cupit, J.; Taylor, W. (1984) [1966]. The Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway. Oakwood Library of Railway History (2nd ed.). Headington: Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-302-2. OL19.
  • Conolly, W. Philip (1998). British railways pre-grouping atlas and gazetteer (9th impression; 5th ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-0320-0. OCLC 221481275.
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