Daybrook railway station

{{short description|Former railway station in Nottinghamshire, England}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Daybrook

| status = Disused

| image = Daybrook railway station.jpg

| borough = Daybrook, Gedling

| country = England

| platforms = 2

| original = Great Northern Railway

| pregroup = Great Northern Railway

| postgroup = London and North Eastern Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways

| years = 1 February 1876{{cite book|last1=Butt|first1=R.V.J.|title=The directory of railway stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present|date=1995|publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd.|location=Sparkford|isbn=1-85260-508-1|page=33}}

| events = Opened as Bestwood and Arnold

| years1 = 1 March 1876

| events1 = Renamed Daybrook for Arnold and Bestwood

| years2 = 1 August 1876

| events2 = Renamed Daybrook

| years3 = 4 April 1960

| events3 = Closed to passengers

| years4 = 1 June 1964{{cite book|last1=Clinker|first1=C.R.|title=Clinker’s register of closed passenger stations and goods depots in England, Scotland, and Wales, 1830-1977|date=October 1978|publisher=Avon-Anglia Publications and Services|location=Bristol|isbn=0-905466-19-5|page=103}}

| events4 = Goods facilities withdrawn

}}

File:Site of Daybrook station.jpg

Daybrook railway station was a railway station in Daybrook, Nottinghamshire. It was opened by the Great Northern Railway on its Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension in 1875–6 and closed in 1960. The station also served the nearby town of Arnold.

History

It was on the descent from Arno Vale towards Leen Valley Junction where the line from

Annesley joined.{{cite book|last1=Higginson|first1=Mark|title=The Friargate line: Derby and the Great Northern Railway|date=1992|publisher=Golden Pingle Publishing|location=Derby|isbn=978-0951383407}} The line between {{stnlnk|Gedling and Carlton}} and Daybrook closed in 1960 because of mining subsidence in Mapperley Tunnel.{{cite book|last1=Shannon|first1=Paul|title=Nottinghamshire (British Railways Past and Present)|date=2007|publisher=Past & Present Publishing|location=Kettering|isbn=978-1-85895-253-6|page=53}}

Stationmasters

Charles Frederick Pulford ca. 1877 - 1907{{cite news |author= |title=Thirty years at Station-Master. Presentation to Mr. Pulford at Daybrook | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001896/19070823/096/0006 |newspaper=Nottingham Journal |location=England |date=23 August 1907 |access-date=23 January 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
Thomas Peacock 1907 - 1928{{cite news |author= |title=Daybrook Stationmaster’s Retirement | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000321/19281208/023/0005 |newspaper=Nottingham Evening Post |location=England |date=8 December 1928 |access-date=23 January 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
J.F. House 1928 - 1929{{cite news |author= |title=Mr. J.F. House leaves for Oldham | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002886/19300103/032/0002 |newspaper=West Bridgford Times & Echo |location=England |date=3 January 1930 |access-date=23 January 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}
F.M. Wright 1930 - 1936{{cite news |author= |title=Mr. E.W. Carney succeeded by Mr F.M. Wright. Stationmaster at Daybrook | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000321/19091022/070/0007 |newspaper=Peterborough Standard |location=England |date=3 January 1936 |access-date=23 January 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }} (afterwards stationmaster at Peterborough)
Joseph George Watts 1936? - 1944 (afterwards acting stationmaster at Kimberley)
W.H. Arrand 1945 - ca. 1950 - ???? (formerly stationmaster at Arksey, Yorkshire)

{{Rail line two to one |next=Gedling & Carlton |col1={{LNER colour}}

|previous1=Bulwell Forest|route1=London and North Eastern Railway
Leen Valley Line |col2={{BR(LM) colour}} |previous2=Basford North|route2=London Midland Region of British Railways
(Derby) Friargate Line}}

{{Rail line |next=Sherwood|route=Great Northern Railway
Nottingham Suburban Railway |col={{GNR colour}} }}

Present day

The site is now occupied by retail and a section of trackbed is now a footpath.

References

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Category:Disused railway stations in Nottinghamshire

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1876

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1960

Category:Former Great Northern Railway stations