Kirkby-in-Ashfield East railway station was a station in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. It was opened in 1848, and was located on the

Midland Railway The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 in rail transport, 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had ...

's Mansfield Branch Line (Now the

Robin Hood Line The Robin Hood Line is a railway line running from Nottingham to Worksop, Nottinghamshire, in England. The stations between Shirebrook and Whitwell (inclusive) are in the county of Derbyshire. Passenger services are operated by East Midlands R ...

). It was one of three stations that served the town. The others were both Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central and Kirkby Bentinck. The station was replaced by the modern-day

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of the same name (minus the East name).

History

Opened by the

, it became part of the

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during the

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of 1923. The station then passed on to the

London Midland Region of British Railways The London Midland Region (LMR) was one of the six regions created on the formation of the nationalised British Railways (BR), and initially consisted of ex-London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) lines in England, Wales and Northern Irela ...

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in 1948, the station survived use until 1965.

Stationmasters

*S. Osman 1873 - 1874 (resigned 30 June 1874) *John Mercer 1874 - 1890 (formerly station master at Worthington) *William Tunn 1890 - 1896 (formerly station master at Fiskerton) *Henry St. John Newell 1896 - 1901 (committed suicide 23 October 1901) *Albert William Niblett 1902 - 1910 *A. Follows 1910 - 1913 (afterwards station master at Barrow Hill and Staveley Works) *E.H. Allen 1913 - 1925 (formerly station master at Swinderby, afterwards station master at Avonmouth) *W. Edwards from 1939 (formerly station master at Whitwell)

The site today

The Robin Hood Line was revived in the 1990s following the closure of the Mansfield Railway through the town and the freight-only route was then reused. However, the new station was opened east from the former station site. Nothing remains of the station site as it has been redeveloped including the trackbed. The line was diverted onto the alignment of the former Great Northern Railway to the new Kirkby-in-Ashfield station.

References

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Station on navigable O.S. map
{{Closed stations Nottinghamshire Disused railway stations in Nottinghamshire Former Midland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965 Beeching closures in England Kirkby-in-Ashfield