Daybrook railway station

Daybrook railway station was a railway station in Daybrook, Nottinghamshire. It was opened by the Great Northern Railway on its Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension in 1875–6 and closed in 1960. The station also served the nearby town of Arnold.

Daybrook
General information
Location	Daybrook, Gedling England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Northern Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 February 1876[1]	Opened as Bestwood and Arnold
1 March 1876	Renamed Daybrook for Arnold and Bestwood
1 August 1876	Renamed Daybrook
4 April 1960	Closed to passengers
1 June 1964[2]	Goods facilities withdrawn

Site of Daybrook station in 2021

History

It was on the descent from Arno Vale towards Leen Valley Junction where the line from Annesley joined.^[3] The line between Gedling and Carlton and Daybrook closed in 1960 because of mining subsidence in Mapperley Tunnel.^[4]

Stationmasters

• Charles Frederick Pulford ca. 1877 - 1907^[5]
• Thomas Peacock 1907 - 1928^[6]
• J.F. House 1928 - 1929^[7]
• F.M. Wright 1930 - 1936^[8] (afterwards stationmaster at Peterborough)
• Joseph George Watts 1936? - 1944 (afterwards acting stationmaster at Kimberley)
• W.H. Arrand 1945 - ca. 1950 - ???? (formerly stationmaster at Arksey, Yorkshire)

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Bulwell Forest		London and North Eastern Railway Leen Valley Line		Gedling & Carlton
Basford North		London Midland Region of British Railways (Derby) Friargate Line
Terminus		Great Northern Railway Nottingham Suburban Railway		Sherwood

Present day

The site is now occupied by retail and a section of trackbed is now a footpath.

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The directory of railway stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 33. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
2. Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker’s register of closed passenger stations and goods depots in England, Scotland, and Wales, 1830-1977. Bristol: Avon-Anglia Publications and Services. p. 103. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
3. Higginson, Mark (1992). The Friargate line: Derby and the Great Northern Railway. Derby: Golden Pingle Publishing. ISBN 978-0951383407.
4. Shannon, Paul (2007). Nottinghamshire (British Railways Past and Present). Kettering: Past & Present Publishing. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-85895-253-6.
5. "Thirty years at Station-Master. Presentation to Mr. Pulford at Daybrook". Nottingham Journal. England. 23 August 1907. Retrieved 23 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Daybrook Stationmaster's Retirement". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 8 December 1928. Retrieved 23 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Mr. J.F. House leaves for Oldham". West Bridgford Times & Echo. England. 3 January 1930. Retrieved 23 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Mr. E.W. Carney succeeded by Mr F.M. Wright. Stationmaster at Daybrook". Peterborough Standard. England. 3 January 1936. Retrieved 23 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

52.9949°N 1.1402°W / 52.9949; -1.1402