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.

History

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

Stationmasters

• Charles Frederick Pulford ca. 1877 - 1907
• Thomas Peacock 1907 - 1928
• J.F. House 1928 - 1929
• F.M. Wright 1930 - 1936 (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)

Present day

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

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