Ruddington railway station
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Ruddington is a disused railway station on the Great Central Main Line
south of Nottingham.
The line had branches that ran to the now decommissioned Ruddington Depot
.
It was originally a standard GCR country island type station, like those surviving at Quorn and Woodhouse
and Rothley
, accessed from a road overbridge. The station buildings have been demolished though the island platform still survives. Just south of the station is where the northern end of the northern preserved section of the GCRH starts.
There are plans by the Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre
to purchase the station in the short-term future, with possible future restoration and extension of the current preserved Great Central line to a proposed Nottingham Greenwood
railway station via Clifton Boulevard and Wilford through this site.
Great Central Main Line
The Great Central Main Line , also known as the London Extension of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway , is a former railway line which opened in 1899 linking Sheffield with Marylebone Station in London via Nottingham and Leicester.The GCML was the last main line railway built in...
south of Nottingham.
The line had branches that ran to the now decommissioned Ruddington Depot
Ruddington Depot
Historically Ruddington Ordnance & Supply Depot was built with a bomb factory & ammunition bunker commissioned in 1940 by the Ministry of Defence . It was located to the south of Ruddington....
.
It was originally a standard GCR country island type station, like those surviving at Quorn and Woodhouse
Quorn and Woodhouse railway station
Quorn and Woodhouse railway station is a heritage station on the Great Central Railway serving Quorn & Woodhouse in Leicestershire. Travelling south from Loughborough, it is the first station that is reached. Here there is a large station yard which is suitable for parking...
and Rothley
Rothley railway station
Rothley railway station is a heritage railway station on the preserved section of the Great Central Railway's London Extension. Built to the standard island platform pattern of country stations on the line, it originally opened on 15 March 1899 and has been restored to late Edwardian era...
, accessed from a road overbridge. The station buildings have been demolished though the island platform still survives. Just south of the station is where the northern end of the northern preserved section of the GCRH starts.
There are plans by the Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre
Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre
The Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre is a heritage centre based at Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, the terminus of the northern section of the Great Central Railway . The site includes locomotive and rolling stock workshops , as well as cafeteria and shops...
to purchase the station in the short-term future, with possible future restoration and extension of the current preserved Great Central line to a proposed Nottingham Greenwood
Nottingham Arkwright Street railway station
Nottingham Arkwright Street was a railway station in Nottingham on the former Great Central Main Line which ran from Manchester Piccadilly to London Marylebone...
railway station via Clifton Boulevard and Wilford through this site.