Tuxford Central railway station
railway station in Nottinghamshire, England, UK, now closed
Tuxford Central railway station is a former railway station in Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, England.
Nearby stations
There were two other stations serving Tuxford. Dukeries Junction, originally Tuxford Exchange, was the next station east about a mile away, while Tuxford North was about a mile to the north east on a different line.
Context
The station was opened by the LD&ECR on its main line from Chesterfield Market Place to Lincoln. The LD&ECR was taken over by the GCR in 1907 and subsequently became part of the LNER in 1923 then British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station buildings were in the company's standard modular architecture, very similar to Edwinstowe and Bolsover South. Of the LD&ECR stations only Tuxford Central and Dukeries Junction were recorded as being electrically lit, the others being lit by gas or oil.
The line crossed a series of ridges between river valleys. From Ollerton it climbed at around 1 in 150 to Boughton after which it descended through Tuxford Central heading towards the River Trent.
A mile to the east at Dukeries Junction the LD&ECR line crossed the GNR's main line, now known as the ECML. On 16 November 1896 a substantial, 60 chains (1.2 km) double-track, West-North connection ("chord") was built between the two lines east of Tuxford Central, effectively forming a triangle, as shown on the 1947 map linked below.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7857202. Authority coordinates are 53.224, -0.903. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1907, 1923, 1948 and 1896.
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