Barnstone railway station
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Barnstone railway station was a railway station serving the villages of Barnstone
, Granby
and Langar
, Nottinghamshire
, on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway
. It opened in 1879 and closed to regular traffic in 1953.
Former Services
Barnstone
Barnstone is a village in Nottinghamshire, England.The parish church is St. Mary's Church, Barnstone.A Blue Circle cement works is based in Barnstone. Cement manufacture began on this site in 1885. and it was home to one of the first rotary kilns. Barnstone specialized in manufacturing cements for...
, Granby
Granby, Nottinghamshire
Granby is a small village in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire. It lies in the Vale of Belvoir.-Population and facilities:The parish has a population of about 300 people and is situated about 14 miles east of Nottingham. Census returns suggest a peak population of 439 in the 1891 census...
and Langar
Langar, Nottinghamshire
Langar is a small village about four miles south of Bingham in Nottinghamshire and the Vale of Belvoir.-Geography:To the south of the parish of Langar cum Barnstone, on Langar Airfield, it borders Clawson, Hose and Harby, the district of Melton and Leicestershire. At Hose Lane it meets Colston...
, Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
, on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway
Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway
The Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway was a joint railway owned by the Great Northern Railway and the London and North Western Railway in east Leicestershire.-Location:...
. It opened in 1879 and closed to regular traffic in 1953.