Gedling and Carlton railway station

Gedling & Carlton
Location
Place	Carlton
Area	Gedling
Operations
Original company	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
1 February 1876	Opened
4 April 1960	Closed
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Gedling and Carlton railway station was a former railway station built to serve the villages of Gedling and Carlton in Nottinghamshire. It was opened by the Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) on its Derbyshire Extension in 1875–6 and closed in 1960.

History

It was on the climb from the junction at Colwick with the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway into Nottingham London Road.

From Gedling and Carlton, the line climbed through Mapperley Tunnel between the Trent and Leen valleys, reaching the first summit of the line at Arno Vale.

Mapperley Tunnel was extremely unstable due to mining subsidence and the heavy traffic through it. In 1925 part of the roof collapsed, blocking the line, and this was part of the reason that this section of line closed prematurely.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Nottingham London Road Low Level		London Midland Region of British Railways GNR Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension		Daybrook

Present day

The original station building is currently a youth hostel.