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Nottingham London Road railway station

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299:, reached by means of a staircase from the booking office on the same approach road to the earlier London Road terminus. To avoid confusion the new station was designated 'High Level' and the old station renamed 'Low Level'. The transfer to Victoria Station gave the Great Northern a prestigious location and avoided their need to reverse trains to and from Grantham, Derbyshire, and north of Nottingham. Passenger services at the low level station were substantially reduced with the opening of the Victoria station and the last passenger service ran on 22 May 1944. The station however remained open as a mail depot for troops during the 350: 242: 48: 337:
Passengers services to the High Level station were withdrawn on 3 July 1967 when the service to Grantham was diverted to Nottingham Midland station. This left the only service using Victoria Station as that to
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was opened in 1900, the Great Northern had to construct a new chord line, carried mainly on brick arches and steel girders, by means of a junction at Trent Lane, east of London Road, to
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Although severely damaged by fire in 1996, the station building has been restored and was converted to a Holmes Place health and fitness club. It is now used as a
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in Nottingham, but there were frequent disputes, especially when the GNR began running through trains from
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Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1977
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could manage. To solve the problem, the GNR opened its own station served by a new line from near
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A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Volume 9 The East Midlands, Robin Leleux.
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where it joined the Great Central main line. The new chord line included a station on an
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The Rise & Fall of Nottingham's Railway Network, Volume 1 – Lines in the City
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From 7 January 1963 passenger steam trains between Grantham,
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Health Club. The High Level station was demolished in 2006.
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Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway
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Original station renamed Nottingham London Road Low Level.
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Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway
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Nottinghamshire (British Railways Past and Present)
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Index

Nottingham Great Northern railway station

Nottingham
Nottingham
Grid reference
SK580394
Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway
Great Northern Railway
London and North Eastern Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Great Northern Railway
Nottingham

Great Northern Railway
Grantham
Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway
Thomas Chambers Hine
Midland station
London King's Cross
Grantham
Midland Railway
Netherfield
Nottingham Victoria railway station
Weekday Cross
island platform
Second World War
Bottesford
Elton and Orston
Aslockton
Bingham

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