Collingham railway station
railway station in Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Collingham railway station is in the village of Collingham, Nottinghamshire, England, on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway, which provide all services.
History
It is on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line, which was engineered by George Stephenson and opened by the Midland Railway on 3 August 1846. The contractors for the line were Craven and Son of Newark and Nottingham; The Grade II listed station building in aggressive Italianate style is dated ca. 1848 and is thought to be by the architect I.A. Davies.
On 2 January 1854 a mail train from Nottingham to Lincoln experienced a failure of two wheels under the brake van. The Newark Road crossing keeper saw the guard's red light signal and switched on his danger signal bringing the train to a halt before any serious damage was done. Five days later on 7 January, a train leaving Collingham for Lincoln experienced some fragmentation of some of the engine wheels. Fortunately no injuries were sustained.
On 5 August 1857 an excursion train was proceeding from Carlton to Grimsby.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 14, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2369236. Authority coordinates are 53.144, -0.749. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1846, 1848, 1854 and 1857.
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