Closed Stations Journey quiz

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Annitsford (1st station ... 1860-1878)

 

[DerekC]

Annitsford station seems to have had two sites. The second was about 350m south of the first, so:

Annitsford (2nd station - 1878 to 1958)

Full details are on the "Disused Stations" website.

 

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Killingworth

 

[DerekC]

Forest Hall

 

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Heaton

 

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Bensham (I think)

 

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Low Fell

 

[DerekC]

Lamesley

 

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Birtley

 

[Ash Bridge]

Plawsworth

 

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Croxdale

 

[Ash Bridge]

Ferryhill

 

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Bradbury

 

[Ash Bridge]

Aycliffe

 

[DerekC]

Croft Spa

 

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Eryholme

Now accessing the final line on this journey.

 

[A Challenge]

Moulton

 

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Scorton

 

[DerekC]

Catterick Bridge

 

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Richmond is the final closed station on this journey.

 

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We next move to England for the next journey.....

This is number 736 in the series so far.....

The journey starts at the closed station of Hugglescote
It follows the line of the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway....beware "heritage" stations
It then follows the line of the South Leicestershire Railway
It then follows the line of the Midland Counties Railway
It then follows the line of the Syston and Peterborough Railway
It then follows the line of the Northampton and Peterborough Railway
It then follows the line of the Midland Railway Main Line
It then follows the line of the MR Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line...note the two sets of both 1st and 2nd stations
It then follows the line of the GNR Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension
It then follows the line of the Nottingham Suburban Railway
It then follows the line of the Great Central Railway Main Line...via the Chesterfield loop line
It then follows the line of the North Midland Railway...note 1st and 2nd stations
It then follows the line of the MR Erewash Valley Line
The journey ends at the closed station of Stapleford and Sandiacre

The first closed station on this journey is Hugglescote

 

[DerekC]

Heather and Ibstock

 

[Ash Bridge]

Stoke Golding

 

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Higham on the Hill

 

[DerekC]

Elmesthorpe

 

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Elmesthorpe

After Higham on the Hill, would we have first passed through the closed station of Nuneaton Abbey Street, then the open station of Hinckley, before reaching the closed station of Elmesthorpe?

 

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Let the journey continue.

 

[Ash Bridge]

Blaby

 

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Blaby

 

[DerekC]

After Higham on the Hill, would we have first passed through the closed station of Nuneaton Abbey Street, then the open station of Hinckley, before reaching the closed station of Elmesthorpe?

Not necessarily. There was a chord from the Ashby & Nuneaton Joint at Weddington Junction and joining the Trent Valley main line just north of Nuneaton LNWR station. Thence onto the South Leicestershire line just south of the station. That would have missed out Abbey Street. Alternatively we could have gone directly from Stoke Golding to Hinckley via what seems to have been also part of the A&NJR.

Blaby

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