Mansfield Central | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Mansfield, Mansfield |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 53.142°N -1.1904°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | 2 plus Up Bay |
Original: | Mansfield Railway |
Pregroup: | Mansfield Railway |
Postgroup: | LNER British Railways |
Years1: | 2 April 1917 |
Events1: | Opened |
Years2: | 2 January 1956 |
Events2: | Closed to timetabled passenger traffic |
Years3: | 8 September 1956 |
Events3: | Closed to timetabled summer Saturday holiday trains |
Years4: | 8 September 1962 |
Events4: | Seasonal excursions ended |
Years5: | 13 June 1966 |
Events5: | Closed to goods |
Years6: | 7 January 1968 |
Events6: | Line through station closed |
Years7: | 1972 |
Events7: | Station demolished |
Mansfield Central is a former railway station that served the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
The station was opened in 1917 by the Mansfield Railway, along with and . The line, and its stations, was worked by the Great Central Railway and became part of the LNER in 1923 and subsequently British Railways in 1948.
Most regular passenger trains plied between and Mansfield Central, with some extending to and . In the station's early years some services plied between Mansfield Central and stations between and .
Timetabled services ceased on 2 January 1956, though Summer weekend excursion traffic to Scarborough, Cleethorpes, Skegness and Mablethorpe continued until 8 September 1962.
The line through the station was closed on 7 January 1968 and subsequently lifted. The station and its associated earthworks were razed to the ground in 1972.