Daybrook railway station explained

Daybrook
Status:	Disused
Borough:	Daybrook, Gedling
Country:	England
Platforms:	2
Original:	Great Northern Railway
Pregroup:	Great Northern Railway
Postgroup:	London and North Eastern Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Years:	1 February 1876^[1]
Events:	Opened as Bestwood and Arnold
Years1:	1 March 1876
Events1:	Renamed Daybrook for Arnold and Bestwood
Years2:	1 August 1876
Events2:	Renamed Daybrook
Years3:	4 April 1960
Events3:	Closed to passengers
Years4:	1 June 1964^[2]
Events4:	Goods facilities withdrawn

Daybrook railway station was a railway station in Daybrook, Nottinghamshire. It was opened by the Great Northern Railway on its Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension in 1875–6 and closed in 1960. The station also served the nearby town of Arnold.

History

It was on the descent from Arno Vale towards Leen Valley Junction where the line fromAnnesley joined.^[3] The line between and Daybrook closed in 1960 because of mining subsidence in Mapperley Tunnel.^[4]

Stationmasters

• Charles Frederick Pulford ca. 1877 - 1907^[5]
• Thomas Peacock 1907 - 1928^[6]
• J.F. House 1928 - 1929^[7]
• F.M. Wright 1930 - 1936^[8] (afterwards stationmaster at Peterborough)
• Joseph George Watts 1936? - 1944 (afterwards acting stationmaster at Kimberley)
• W.H. Arrand 1945 - ca. 1950 - ???? (formerly stationmaster at Arksey, Yorkshire)

Present day

The site is now occupied by retail and a section of trackbed is now a footpath.

References

52.9949°N -1.1402°W

Notes and References

1. Book: Butt. R.V.J.. The directory of railway stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present. 1995. Patrick Stephens Ltd.. Sparkford. 1-85260-508-1. 33.
2. Book: Clinker. C.R.. Clinker’s register of closed passenger stations and goods depots in England, Scotland, and Wales, 1830-1977. October 1978. Avon-Anglia Publications and Services. Bristol. 0-905466-19-5. 103.
3. Book: Higginson. Mark. The Friargate line: Derby and the Great Northern Railway. 1992. Golden Pingle Publishing. Derby. 978-0951383407.
4. Book: Shannon. Paul. Nottinghamshire (British Railways Past and Present). 2007. Past & Present Publishing. Kettering. 978-1-85895-253-6. 53.
5. News: . Thirty years at Station-Master. Presentation to Mr. Pulford at Daybrook . Nottingham Journal . England . 23 August 1907 . 23 January 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
6. News: . Daybrook Stationmaster’s Retirement . Nottingham Evening Post . England . 8 December 1928 . 23 January 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
7. News: . Mr. J.F. House leaves for Oldham . West Bridgford Times & Echo . England . 3 January 1930 . 23 January 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
8. News: . Mr. E.W. Carney succeeded by Mr F.M. Wright. Stationmaster at Daybrook . Peterborough Standard . England . 3 January 1936 . 23 January 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .