Clipstone railway station

Clipstone Colliery Sidings railway station was a station in Clipstone, Nottinghamshire.

Clipstone railway station
General information
LocationClipstone, Nottinghamshire
England
PlatformsN\A
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Central Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
British Railways
Key dates
1912 Opened to colliery workmen's trains
1914Service suspended
1920re-opened to colliery workmen's trains
1922First coal trains
30 April 1993Service suspended
24 January 1994Officially closed to both freight traffic and colliery workers' trains
17 April 2003Closed completely and at least partly demolished

While primarily a goods station, there was an unadvertised halt used by workmen. It was on the former Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway line and is listed in Butt as Clipstone Colliery Sidings.

A large concentration of sidings around Kings Clipstone and the worker's halt at New Clipstone village both served the Clipstone, Mansfield, Thoresby, Ollerton, Welbeck and Rainworth collieries for several decades.

Clipstone Sidings signalbox was existent on 21 October 1950 and was near Clipstone West Junction, heading towards Welbeck Junction.

Clipstone East signalbox was existent in the 1960s on the 'main-line' between Welbeck Junction and Thoresby Junction.

The Midland Loaded Sidings of Clipstone Colliery were still in regular use on 23 June 1972

Both Clipstone West junction and Clipstone colliery Junction and closed on 14 July 1986.

The pit closed in April 2003.

Clipstone Sidings signalbox, Clipstone West Junction and Welbeck Junction no longer exist

Former Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Warsop   British Railways
LD&ECR
  Edwinstowe
    Mansfield Central
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