Dukeries Junction railway station

Dukeries Junction
Site of the station's high level platforms in 1992
General information
LocationTuxford, Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire
England
Coordinates53°13′32″N 0°52′39″W / 53.2256°N 0.8774°W / 53.2256; -0.8774
Grid referenceSK 750 704
Platforms4; 2 at ground level, 2 overhead[1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company
Pre-grouping
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
British Railways
Key dates
1 June 1897Opened as Tuxford Exchange, later renamed Dukeries Junction[2]
6 March 1950Closed[3]
LD&ECR and Sheffield District Railway

Dukeries Junction, originally Tuxford Exchange,[4] was a railway station near Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, England. The station opened in 1897 and closed in 1950. It was located at the bridge where the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway crossed over the East Coast Main Line (ECML), with sets of platforms on both lines. The high-level location is now part of the High Marnham Test Track.

  1. ^ Cowlishaw 2006, p. 62.
  2. ^ Little 2002b, p. 2.
  3. ^ Butt 1995, p. 84.
  4. ^ Taylor 2018, p. 731.