Sherwood railway station

For other uses, see Sherwood station (disambiguation).

Sherwood
Site of Sherwood station
General information
Location	Sherwood, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Northern Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Key dates
1889	Opened
1916	Closed to passengers
1951	Line closed

Sherwood railway station was a station on the former Great Northern Railway Nottingham Suburban railway in Nottingham. The station lies within Woodthorpe Grange Park in Woodthorpe.

The NSR was built mainly for the brickworks of Mapperley and Thornywood, however, there were passenger services to Daybrook and Sherwood Station. In 1905, Parry sold the estate to Godfrey Small a Nottingham City Councillor. Meanwhile, the railway was struggling with the opening of the electric tram from Nottingham City Centre to Sherwood. In 1916 the regular passenger service was withdrawn and Sherwood Station closed.

Woodthorpe Grange Park opened to the public in 1922. On 10 July 1928 King George V and Queen Mary visited the park and 17,000 school children travelled to the event on the NSR to Sherwood Station (which had been re-opened for the event). An enthusiasts special ran on 16 June 1951 but goods train finished on 1 August 1951 when the line was abandoned. The track was lifted in 1954.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
St Ann's Well		Great Northern Railway Nottingham Suburban Railway		Daybrook

See also

• St Ann's Well railway station
• Thorney Wood railway station
• Nottingham's Tunnels

Further reading

• Kingscott, Geoffrey (2004). Lost Railways of Nottinghamshire. Countryside Books. ISBN 1-85306-884-5.
• Marshall, J., (June 1961) "Nottingham Suburban Railway" Railway Magazine article