Carrington Station, 1963

Image: © John Sutton Taken: Unknown

Carrington Station stood in a cutting in the sandstone between Mansfield Road and Sherwood Rise Tunnels on the Great Central line from Nottingham Victoria, but it was only open to passengers from 1899-1928 (trams were a more convenient way to and from the city). The cutting was filled in after the line closed in 1968 and is now the site of a business park and the Nottingham branch of the Open University. Carrington was a good place to truant to when confronted with Latin and swimming on a Monday morning. The platforms were approached by a ramp from street level, and the northbound (far) platform, on which a disused waiting room remained, was reached by the lattice footbridge whose blue brick abutments were all that remained. H G Ivatt LMS Class 4 2-6-0 43062, running tender first on a train from Derby Friargate, is just restarting after being checked at the colour-light signal next to the signal box next to the north portal of Mansfield Road Tunnel (out of picture to the left). For views of the site now, see Image] and Image

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