Teversall Manor is a former railway station in Teversal, Nottinghamshire, England. It was located on the border with Derbyshire, west of Mansfield. The station was a stop on the Midland Railway's line from Tibshelf and Whiteborough to Pleasley West, known as the Teversall & Pleasley Branch. The line's primary purpose was to transport coal.
Teversall Manor | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The site of the station in 2013 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Teversal, Ashfield, Nottinghamshire England |
| Coordinates | 53°8′55″N 1°17′9″W / 53.14861°N 1.28583°W |
| Grid reference | SK 479 617 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMSR |
| Key dates | |
| 1 May 1886 | Opened as Teversall |
| 28 July 1930 | Closed to regular passenger traffic |
| July 1950 | Renamed Teversall Manor |
| 7 October 1963 | Closed completely, last excursion ran |
| 1992 | Silverhill Colliery closed |
History
editThe station was opened without ceremony on 1 May 1886, when the Teversall & Pleasley Branch opened to passenger traffic. It initially provided a service of four trains each way between Mansfield and Alfreton via Mansfield Woodhouse and Tibshelf Town, taking about 40 minutes from end to end.[1]
The station had a typical Midland Railway country station building, which very similar to Pleasley West.[2]
By 1922, the passenger service through the station was down to three trains each way Monday to Saturday;[3] there never was a Sunday service. By 1930, this had fallen to one train a day southbound and, curiously, two a day northbound.[4] On 28 July 1930, passenger services were withdrawn.[5]
As the station remained open for goods, it was renamed Teversall Manor in 1950, to avoid confusion with the obscure ex-GNR terminus station nearby.[6]
Excursions and railtours continued until 1963. Through traffic was rendered impossible from 1964, when the line north from Pleasley Colliery to the junction with what is now the Robin Hood Line closed. Pleasley Colliery subsequently sent its coal underground to Shirebrook and Teversall Colliery; thus closed in 1980. Coal continued to be dug from Silverhill Colliery until 1992 and passed through the site of Teversall Manor station. After the colliery closed, the line became redundant and the track was subsequently lifted; the station buildings were razed to the ground.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteborough | LMSR Midland Railway |
Pleasley West |
The two stations in Teversal
editThere were two stations in Teversal: one built by the Midland Railway on a line running south–north from Whiteborough to Pleasley West; the other was built by the Great Northern Railway at the end of a one-mile branch line westwards from Skegby. From inception they were both called Teversall with two "l"s.
Despite being fully equipped with a building and platform, the Great Northern station only ever carried unadvertised workmen's trains and seaside excursions.[7] It does not appear in the 1922 Bradshaw's Guide or later timetables. It was visited by a Stephenson Locomotive Society Farewell enthusiasts' special on 4 May 1968.[8]
The ex-Midland line bridged the ex-GNR line in Teversal and the stations were fairly close to each other, the ex-Midland station being on the higher level.
After nationalisation in 1948, the early British Railways had a policy of renaming stations where confusion over names could occur, typically in towns and villages where two or more stations existed. Teversal had two stations so, although one had closed to regular passenger services and the other had never provided any, they provided other services such as goods and excursions; they were therefore renamed.
The ex-MR Teversal station became Teversall Manor and the ex-GNR Teversal station became Teversall East.
The site today
editParts of the trackbed of this and neighbouring lines have been turned into public footpaths and bridleways.[9]
References
edit- ^ Hurst 1987, p. 61.
- ^ Anderson & Cupit 2000, pp. 39, 40.
- ^ Bradshaw 1985, p. 687.
- ^ Hurst 1987, p. 62.
- ^ Hurst 1987, p. 77.
- ^ Anderson & Cupit 2000, p. 39.
- ^ Howard Anderson 1973, p. 166.
- ^ Felix & McKeown 2004, stills, 22 to 26 mins from start of DVD.
- ^ "Teversall Trails". Nottinghamshire County Council. 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
Bibliography
edit- Anderson, Paul; Cupit, Jack (2000). An Illustrated History of Mansfield's Railways. Clophill: Irwell Press. ISBN 1-903266-15-7.
- Bradshaw, George (1985) [1922]. July 1922 Railway Guide. Newton Abbott: David & Charles.
- Felix, Richard; McKeown, Ron (2004) [1968]. Farewell to the GNR lines in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (from a mix of cine and stills). Derby: Local Videos 2004 Ltd. DVD, 39mins.
- Goode, C.T. (1983). Railway Rambles on the Notts. & Derbyshire Border. Hull: C. T. Goode. ISBN 0950823929.
- Howard Anderson, P. (1973). Forgotten Railways: The East Midlands. Newton Abbott: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-6094-9.
- Hurst, Geoffrey (1987). The Midland Railway Around Nottinghamshire, Volume 1. Worksop: Milepost Publications. ISBN 0-947796-05-3.
External links
editFurther reading
edit- Midland Railway System Maps (The Distance Diagrams), volume 2 - Leeds to Leicester and branches; Derby to Manchester and branches; Cheshire Lines (1909-1923 ed.). Teignmouth: Peter Kay. 1998. ISBN 1-899890-17-3.