Plumtree railway station

Plumtree
Main station building in 2008.
General information
LocationPlumtree, Rushcliffe
England
Coordinates52°53′07″N 1°05′01″W / 52.885260°N 1.083498°W / 52.885260; -1.083498
Platforms2[1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
2 February 1880[2]Station opens as Plumtree & Keyworth
1 May 1893Renamed
28 February 1949Closes to passengers
1 November 1965[3]Closes to goods

Plumtree railway station served Plumtree in the English county of Nottinghamshire, on the Nottingham direct line of the Midland Railway between London and Nottingham, avoiding Leicester. The station is now closed, although the line still exists today as the Old Dalby Test Track.

  1. ^ "Old Dalby Test Track - Plumtree station". Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  2. ^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M. p. 186.
  3. ^ Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Station, Avon Anglia ISBN 0-905466-19-5