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Kegworth railway station located in Nottinghamshire was a station serving the villages of Kegworth, Leicestershire, Sutton Bonington, and Kingston on Soar, Nottinghamshire.

Kegworth
Ex-LNER Class A4 No. 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley, passing through the remains of Kegworth station on 28 February 2009
General information
LocationKingston on Soar, Borough of Rushcliffe
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMidland Counties Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
5 May 1840Station opened
4 March 1968Closed[1]

History


It was opened in 1840 for the Midland Counties Railway, which shortly joined the North Midland Railway and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway to form the Midland Railway.

This line is now part of the Midland Main Line between Loughborough and East Midlands Parkway railway station.

It was built in the typical MCR fashion, the main building positioned at a higher level and steps leading down onto the platform. It closed in 1968 and only the station house and the goods shed remain. Until 1971 there was a standard gauge mineral railway between the main line and New Kingston gypsum mine.[2]

There has been local pressure to open it. However a new station, East Midlands Parkway has now been built at Ratcliffe-on-Soar. Currently only taxis serve to connect it to the nearby East Midlands Airport, forcing the majority of people to use the Skylink (bus service) from Nottingham, Loughborough, Leicester or Derby, but with improvements to the Erewash Valley Line has the potential to be a hub for local services from Nottingham and Derby to connect with a high speed service from London to Sheffield and the North.


Station masters


Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Hathern
Line open, station closed		   Midland Railway
Midland Main Line		   Long Eaton
Line and station open
  Midland Railway
Midland Main Line		   Trent
Line open, station closed

References


  1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. Higginson, M, (1989) The Midland Counties Railway: A Pictorial Survey, Derby: Midland Railway Trust.
  3. "Kegworth". Nottinghamshire Guardian. England. 17 February 1853. Retrieved 9 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Kegworth Railway Station". Leicestershire Mercury. England. 17 February 1853. Retrieved 9 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Interesting Ceremony at Kegworth". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 10 June 1895. Retrieved 9 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "New Midland Station Master at Bath". Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette. England. 20 September 1900. Retrieved 9 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Kegworth Station". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 8 August 1900. Retrieved 9 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "News Brevities". Ripley and Heanor News and Ilkeston Division Free Press. England. 11 September 1908. Retrieved 8 October 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "District Items". Sheffield Evening Telegraph. England. 5 September 1908. Retrieved 9 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. "Sharnbrook". Bedfordshire Times and Independent. England. 20 November 1931. Retrieved 9 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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