Kimberley East railway station

Kimberley East
250px The station in 2006.
Location
Place	Kimberley
Area	Broxtowe
Operations
Original company	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
1 August 1876	Opened as Kimberley
13 June 1955	Renamed Kimberley East
7 September 1964	Closed to passengers
2 November 1964	Goods facilities withdrawn
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Kimberley East Railway Station was a station serving the town of Kimberley in Nottinghamshire, England.

History

It was opened by the Great Northern Railway on its Derbyshire Extension in 1875-6

It was on the second summit on the climb through Watnall Tunnel from Basford and Bulwell of what was a hilly line, crossing as it did, several river valleys. Passenger services finished in 1964 and the line finally closed in 1968.

Following the trackbed of this line takes you to the Bennerley Viaduct. This is a grade II listed structure which is still in place on the Nottinghamshire Derbyshire border.

Kimberley's other station was on a line from the Midland Railway's Erewash Valley Line to Nottingham.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Basford North		London Midland Region of British Railways (Derby) Friargate Line		Awsworth

Present day

The line is now disused although it can still be traced and is used by walkers and horse riders from Kimberley as far as Hempshill Vale towards Nottingham where its trackbed has been used to accommodate Hempshill Hall Primary School.

The station buildings have been converted to residential accommodation. Part of the site of the station platforms is occupied by a car park and commercial workshop units. The former goods yard was occupied as a timber storage yard for many years but was subsequently redeveloped for housing. The rest of the station site and the trackbed towards Watnall (as far as the Newdigate Street road bridge where the cutting has been filled) has been preserved as a nature reserve.

See also

• Kimberley West railway station
• Watnall railway station