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The station building and yard are now the base for a private ambulance service. The Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway (which reached neither Lancashire nor the East Coast) was built in the 1890s, principally to carry coal. However, its Chesterfield to Lincoln line was promoted as The Dukeries Route, and it was hoped that many visitors would come to Edwinstowe to visit Sherwood Forest and the Major Oak. This was the third-largest station on the line (after Chesterfield Market Place and Langwith Junction) and a large station hotel and tea rooms were built nearby, on High Street. Passenger services ceased in 1956 and with the cessation of coal traffic the line from Shirebrook to Tuxford is now used by Network Rail as a test track (see Image] ). Image] Image]

The remaining section of the former Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway line, from Shirebrook to Tuxford, is now used as a test track (try https://www.networkrail.co.uk/industry-commercial-partners/research-development-technology/ridc/ridc-tuxford/ ). Colas Railfreight's Class 37/0 37057, built by English Electric in 1962 and painted in the British Railways green livery it carried then, passed through the former Edwinstowe Station at 7.22 on a cloudy June morning. For a clearer view of the former station building on the right, see Image

Heading east.

View NE, towards Lincoln: ex-GCR (formerly Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway) Chesterfield - Shirebrook North - Lincoln line, joined at Clipstone Junction (a mile or so west) by the ex-GCR Mansfield Railway, which in turn joined the GCR Sheffield - Nottingham main line at Kirkby-in-Ashfield. Edwinstowe station closed to passengers with services on the Mansfield line from 2/1/56 (goods 4/1/65), although that line remained open for through Excursion trains and for freight. The LD&EC was closed Chesterfield - Shirebrook from 4/12/51, on to Lincoln from 19/9/55 for passengers, but Shirebrook - Clifton-on-Trent remained in use for merry-go-round coal trains until 2003.

A typical Nottinghamshire cottage row, at right angles to the road.

Looking south from the Mill Lane junction. The pub is "Ma Hubbards Eating House and Hotel".

A view along Edwinstowe High Street from a window in the Dukeries Lodge Hotel. The parish church spire is on the skyline to the right.

When the Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway opened its station at Edwinstowe in 1897 considerable Robin-Hood-related tourist traffic was anticipated and the line was marketed as The Dukeries Route. The Dukeries Hotel (now Dukeries Lodge) was built close to the four-platform station, with Railway Tea Rooms opposite. The Dukeries Hotel was partly burned out in 1929, but subsequently rebuilt. For more about it, and some historical photographs, try the Edwinstowe Historical Society website: https://edwinstowehistory.org.uk/local-history/buildings/pubs-and-hostelries/ . Image] is another view of the hotel.

The van is parked at the corner of High Street and Boy Lane. For another view from a window in the Dukeries Lodge Hotel, see Image

When the Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway opened its station at Edwinstowe in 1897 considerable Robin-Hood-related tourist traffic was anticipated and the line was marketed as The Dukeries Route. Railway Tea Rooms were built at the start of the station approach, opposite The Dukeries Hotel. Part of the building is now occupied by a Chinese takeaway.