Sherwood railway station

{{Short description|Disused railway station in Nottinghamshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2021}}

{{Other uses|Sherwood station (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Sherwood

| status = Disused

| image = Sherwood Station site - geograph.org.uk - 1197799.jpg

| caption = Site of Sherwood station

| borough = Sherwood, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

| country = England

| platforms = 2

| original = Great Northern Railway

| pregroup = Great Northern Railway

| postgroup = London and North Eastern Railway

| years = 1889

| events = Opened

| years1 = 1916

| events1 = Closed to passengers

| years2 = 1951

| events2 = Line closed

}}

Sherwood railway station was a station on the former Great Northern Railway Nottingham Suburban railway in Nottingham.British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer. The station lies within Woodthorpe Grange Park in Woodthorpe.

The NSR was built mainly for the brickworks of Mapperley and Thornywood, however, there were passenger services to Daybrook and Sherwood Station.{{cite web |url=http://www.nottingham21.co.uk/parks_woodthorpe_12.htm|title=Woodthorpe Grange Park|access-date=2009-04-17|year=2007|author=Ray Teece}} In 1905, Parry sold the estate to Godfrey Small a Nottingham City Councillor. Meanwhile, the railway was struggling with the opening of the electric tram from Nottingham City Centre to Sherwood. In 1916 the regular passenger service was withdrawn and Sherwood Station closed.

Woodthorpe Grange Park opened to the public in 1922. On 10 July 1928 King George V and Queen Mary visited the park and 17,000 school children travelled to the event on the NSR to Sherwood Station (which had been re-opened for the event). An enthusiasts special ran on 16 June 1951 but goods train finished on 1 August 1951 when the line was abandoned. The track was lifted in 1954.{{Cite web|url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/s/sherwood/index.shtml|title=Disused Stations: Sherwood Station}}

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{{Rail line|previous=St Ann's Well|next=Daybrook|route=Great Northern Railway
Nottingham Suburban Railway |col={{GNR colour}} }}

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