Nottingham Arkwright Street railway station

Nottingham Arkwright Street
Nottingham Arkwright Street in 1968.
Location
Place	Nottingham
Area	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Grid reference	SK57193821
Operations
Pre-grouping	Great Central Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway London Midland Region (British Railways)
Platforms	2
History
15 March 1899	Opened (Arkwright Street)
24 May 1900	Renamed (Nottingham Arkwright Street)
4 March 1963	Closed
4 September 1967	Reopened
5 May 1969	Closed
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Nottingham Arkwright Street was a railway station in Nottingham on the former Great Central Main Line which ran from Manchester Piccadilly to London Marylebone. The station opened with the line in 1899 and closed in 1963 as part of rationalisation; it reopened four years later upon the closure of Nottingham Victoria railway station, only to close in 1969.

Nottingham Arkwright Street was built by the Great Central Railway and opened in 1899. It formed part of the long approach viaducts to the south of the city, running from Queen's Walk Yard to Thurland Street Tunnel. As a result of being atop the viaducts, it was one of only two examples of the original intermediate stations (together with Carrington) on the Great Central's London Extension not to be constructed to the favoured island platform design which facilitated future development. Arkwright Street was instead built with twin side wooden platforms which were cantilevered out from the viaduct and approached by steps leading up from Arkwright Street.

Whilst the line was only double track through Arkwright Street, immediately to the south for a distance of some half a mile the railway was quadrupled. This bisected an area of roughly 33 acres (130,000 m²), running parallel to Queen's Walk, and hence the area was known as Queen's Walk Yard. A carriage shed and locomotive depot, including a shed capable of accommodating 16 engines, were constructed on the up side, and a warehouse and goods, coal and timber yards on the down side. The engine shed closed in 1909 due to the higher water rates imposed by Nottingham City, with locomotives moved to the larger Annesley shed to the north of the city. The goods yard boasted one of the first goliath travelling cranes in England; it was electrically driven with a span of 60 feet (18 m), a headroom of 21 feet (6.4 m) and capable of lifting a full load of 25 tons at a rate of 5 feet per minute. From Queen's Walk Yard there was also a short branch line to Clifton colliery.