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Railway Cottages, NOTTINGHAM, NG16 2NN

A short path following the former route of the Great Northern Railway. (Not to be confused with the Great Northern Railway Trail - a Sustrans project further north). The flyover pedestrian bridge connects residential areas on Edgwood Road and Newdigate Street.

This is one of two stations that Kimberley had. The other station was owned by the Midland railway and is close by.

Now serving so called Kimberley Ales from Suffolk rather than the adjacent old Victorian, Hardy and Hansons brewery. Makes a lot of sense.

This street is The Sidings, built on where the goods yard of Kimberley East station once was. A large wooden goods shed survived for a number of years after the Nottingham Victoria to Derby Friargate line closed (to passengers on 7 September 1964 and to goods on 2 November of that year). The line was built by the Great Northern Railway in the 1870s, chiefly to serve the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire collieries. The view is from the footbridge (now renewed) which crossed the railway.

Closed for renovation.

Beer is no longer brewed in Kimberley, alas, but Nottingham Brewery Co provides a local ale at this pub - not far from Image] as it happens. (The English teacher in me has restored the apostrophe missing from the sign.)

The cars are parked in what was the station forecourt. The platforms were on the other side of the building. The view is from the footbridge - for a ground-level view see Image Now houses, Kimberley is the same style as the other stations on the Great Northern Railway Derbyshire Extension line built in the 1870s, principally to carry coal. Passenger services were from the Pinxton branch and Derby Friargate to Nottingham (originally London Road and later Victoria). The Pinxton line closed in January 1963, and as a sixth-former I was on the last train from Friargate to the Vic on 7 September 1964. Other Derbyshire Lines stations: Image] Image] Image] Image] Image]

Opened in 1876 as Kimberley by the Great Northern Railway on the line from Nottingham to Derby Friargate, this station closed in 1964. It had been renamed Kimberley East in 1955. View north east over the former level crossing towards Basford North and Nottingham.

Now houses, this building is the same style as the others on the Great Northern Railway Derbyshire Extension line built in the 1870s, principally to carry coal. Passenger services were from the Pinxton branch and Derby Friargate to Nottingham (originally London Road and later Victoria). The Pinxton line closed in January 1963, and as a sixth-former I was on the last train from Friargate to the Vic on 7 September 1964. Other Derbyshire Lines stations: Image] Image] Image] Image] Image]

Now serving so called Kimberley Ales from Suffolk rather than the nearby Hardy and Hansons Kimberley brewery, recently closed, following its acquisition by Greene King accountants.