Tuxford Central railway station

Tuxford Central
Location
Place	Tuxford
Area	Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire
Grid reference	SK 734 702
Operations
Original company	LD&ECR
Pre-grouping	Great Central Railway
Post-grouping	LNER British Railways
Platforms	2
History
15 December 1896	Opened as Tuxford
1 July 1923	Renamed Tuxford Central
19 September 1955	Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

Tuxford Central railway station is a former railway station in Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, England.

There were three Tuxford stations, though none was very near the centre of the village. They were:

The positions of the three stations are most easily seen on the "External Links", below.

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 station buildings were in the company's standard modular architecture, very similar to Edwinstowe and Bolsover South. Of the LD&ECR stations only Tuxford Central and Dukeries Junction were recorded as being electrically lit, the others being lit by gas or oil.

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 through Tuxford Central heading towards the River Trent.

A mile to the east at Dukeries Junction the LD&ECR line crossed the GNR's main line, now known as the ECML. On 16 November 1896 a substantial, 60 chains (1.2 km) double-track, West-North connection ("chord") was built between the two lines east of Tuxford Central, effectively forming a triangle, as shown on the 1947 map linked below. The northern point of the triangle was Tuxford North Junction, a short distance south of Tuxford North station.

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

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