Boughton (Nottinghamshire) railway station

Boughton (Notts)
The site of the former station
Location
Area	Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire
Grid reference	SK 688 678
Operations
Original company	LD&ECR
Pre-grouping	Great Central Railway
Post-grouping	LNER British Railways
Platforms	2
History
8 March 1897	Opened
19 September 1955	Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Boughton (Nottinghamshire) railway station used to serve the village of Boughton in Nottinghamshire, England.

The station was opened by the LD&ECR on its main line from Chesterfield Market Place to Lincoln. The LD&ECR was taken over by the GCR in 1907 and subsequently became part of the LNER in 1923 then British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The platforms were wooden, similar to the high level platforms at Dukeries Junction. The stationmaster's house was characteristic of the line, but the station buildings were not, they appear to have been made of wood, but on another page Dow himself says otherwise.

The line crossed a series of ridges between river valleys. From Ollerton it climbed at around 1 in 150 to Boughton after which it descended to Tuxford Central heading towards the River Trent.

The station opened in March 1897 and closed in 1955. It has since been razed to the ground.

There never was a Sunday service at Boughton.

In 1922 3 trains per day plied between Chesterfield Market Place and Lincoln with a market day extra on Fridays between Langwith Junction and Lincoln. All these trains called at all stations, though on the Friday extra Boughton was a request stop.

From 1951 trains stopped running through to Chesterfield, turning back at Langwith Junction instead. Otherwise the same pattern continued until the last train on 17 September 1955.

The Wigan Coal and Iron Company intended to open a new colliery at Bevercotes and the LD&ECR obtained powers to build a branch from Boughton sidings. It did not materialise and for many years the branch terminated at a set of buffers in the countryside. The colliery was opened in 1965 and the stub of line finally came into use.