Sutton-in-Ashfield railway station
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Sutton-in-Ashfield | |
|---|---|
 The former station site in 2005 as a multi-outlet retail park | |
| General information | |
| Location | Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire England |
| Coordinates | 53°07′24″N 1°15′26″W / 53.1233°N 1.2572°W |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Midland Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 May 1893[1] | Station opened |
| 1 January 1917 | station closed |
| 9 July 1923 | reopened |
| 26 Sept 1949 | Station closed for regular passenger service |
| 1 October 1951 | workmen service withdrawn |
Sutton-in-Ashfield railway station, sometimes referred to as "Sutton-in-Ashfield General", was a dead-end station on a short branch line from Sutton Junction in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. Located off Station Road and opened in 1893, it offered a service with arrival much closer to Sutton-in-Ashfield town centre.
It was one of 4 stations that served to settlement of Sutton in Ashfield. The two Midland Stations (Sutton Junction and the branch line to Sutton in Ashfield). Both long gone; the branch line station now has a Matalan store where it once stood. Then there was the Great Northern station which has a few remains near Asda in the middle of town and lastly, Sutton Central station which was built by the Great Central railway and is now under the A38 bypass.
The short branch-line ride, was known as the Penny Emma because it cost one pre-decimal penny to travel along the MR (Emma)to Sutton Junction station. It became popular with locals and particularly as a children's treat.[2] The name 'Penny Emma Way' was applied when creating a link road near to the rail line and modern-day Sutton in Ashfield station on the Robin Hood Line service which uses the same Midland Railway line from Nottingham as it did before.[3][4]
The Great Northern railway station was located nearby.
History
[edit]Opened by the Midland Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and was in use until 1951.
Stationmasters
[edit]- Charles Snell 1894[5] - 1905 (formerly station master at Sutton Junction)
- Robert Herbert 1905 - 1912
- Horace Wroughton 1912[6] - ca. 1917
- E.S. French from 1937[7] (formerly station master at Market Rasen)
The site today
[edit]The station site was demolished and used for retail motor trade purposes by dealership Blackton Ford,[8] then was later redeveloped as Portland Retail Park, a multi-outlet shopping parade,[9][10][11] with hardly any evidence of the railway ever being there.
The retail park was later renamed "The Broad Centre",[12] owned by BBC Pension Trust.[13]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton Junction | Midland Railway (Sutton Branch) | None (terminus) |
References
[edit]- ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 440
- ^ The Penny Emma at Sutton Town Station Nottinghamshire County Council via Inspire cultural services. Retrieved 15 February 2025
- ^ Ashfield Masterplan Report Ashfield District Council, 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2025
- ^ Kirkby - Sutton path set to be transformed! Ashfield District Council, 31 Oct 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2025
- ^ "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 881. 1881. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Derby and Derbyshire and Elsewhere". Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal. England. 13 January 1912. Retrieved 8 May 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Stationmaster for Sutton". Nottingham Journal. England. 30 December 1937. Retrieved 8 May 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Sutton Town Midland Railway Station, Nottinghamshire County Council via Inspire cultural services. Retrieved 19 February 2025
- ^ Development of Portland Retail Park, Station Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, 2001 picturethepast.org.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2025
- ^ Planning Application V/1979/0574 by Blackton Motors. Ashfield District Council, 28 June 1979. Retrieved 19 February 2025
- ^ Home Bargains open new store suton "...the retailer moves to its new premises from Portland Retail Park." News-Journal, 30 August 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2025
- ^ Pedestrian seriously injured after being hit by cyclist in Sutton-in-Ashfield Notts TV, 2 March 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2025
- ^ New McDonald's restaurant planned at Nottinghamshire retail park NottinghamshireLive, 15 December 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2025
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- Huthwaite Online - Tracking Stationed Railways
External links
[edit]- Rail line from Sutton Junction to Sutton Town Station on navigable O.S. map circa 1900