Brocklesby railway station

Brocklesby
General information
LocationBrocklesby, Lincolnshire
England
Coordinates53°36′24″N 0°18′36″W / 53.6068°N 0.3099°W / 53.6068; -0.3099
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Central Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
1848Opened
3 October 1993Closed

Brocklesby railway station was a station near Brocklesby, Lincolnshire.[1] It was formally closed by British Rail on 3 October 1993.[2][3]

The station in 1967

The station was located to suit the Earl of Yarborough, in his capacity as chairman of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway who built the line. It included a private waiting room for the earl. The building was designed by architects Weightman and Hadfield in the Tudor Gothic style used throughout the line.[3] The building is listed as grade II, in which the style is referred to as Jacobean.[4]

The unusual platform-based signal box is also a grade II listed building and became redundant due to resignalling works in December 2015.[5][6]

On 27 March 1907, two freight trains collided at Brocklesby.[7]

Former services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Barnetby   Great Central   Habrough

References

  1. ^ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.22
  2. ^ "List of dates from 1 January 1985 to 20 January 2006 of last passenger trains at closed BR (or Network Rail stations since privatisation)". Department for Transport Website: Freedom of Information Act responses, February 2006. Department for Transport. 2006. Archived from the original on 8 November 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  3. ^ a b Historic England. "Brocklesby station (498216)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Brocklesby station (Grade II) (1103715)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  5. ^ Historic England. "Signal box at Brocklesby station (Grade II) (1249630)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Renewing the signalling in North Lincolnshire". Network Rail. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  7. ^ Trevena, Arthur (1980). Trains in Trouble. Vol. 1. Redruth: Atlantic Books. pp. 22–23. ISBN 0-906899-01-X.

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