Sutton-in-Ashfield railway station

Former railway station in Nottinghamshire, England

This article is about the former Midland Railway station. For nearby former stations, see Sutton Junction railway station, Sutton-in-Ashfield Central railway station, and Sutton-in-Ashfield Town railway station. For present day, see Sutton Parkway railway station.

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Sutton-in-Ashfield

The former station site in 2005 as a multi-outlet retail park

General information
Location| Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
England
Coordinates| 53°07′24″N 1°15′26″W﻿ / ﻿53.1233°N 1.2572°W﻿ / 53.1233; -1.2572
Platforms| 2
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Original company| Midland Railway
Pre-grouping| Midland Railway
Post-grouping| London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 May 1893[1]| Station opened
1 January 1917| station closed
9 July 1923| reopened
26 Sept 1949| Station closed for regular passenger service
1 October 1951| workmen service withdrawn

Sutton-in-Ashfield railway station, sometimes referred to as "Sutton-in-Ashfield General", was a dead-end station on a short branch line from Sutton Junction in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. Located off Station Road and opened in 1893, it offered a service with arrival much closer to Sutton-in-Ashfield town centre.

The short branch-line ride, pulled by an engine known as 'Emma' and costing a penny, became popular with locals and particularly as a children's treat.[2] The name 'Penny Emma Way' was applied when creating a link road near to the rail line and modern-day Sutton in Ashfield station on the Robin Hood Line service which uses the same line-orientation as in earlier times.[3][4]

The Great Northern railway station was located nearby.

## History

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Opened by the Midland Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and was in use until 1951.

### Stationmasters

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* Charles Snell 1894[5] \- 1905 (formerly station master at Sutton Junction)
* Robert Herbert 1905 - 1912
* Horace Wroughton 1912[6] \- ca. 1917
* E.S. French from 1937[7] (formerly station master at Market Rasen)

## The site today

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The station site was demolished and used for retail motor trade purposes by dealership Blackton Ford,[8] then was later redeveloped as Portland Retail Park, a multi-outlet shopping parade,[9][10][11] with hardly any evidence of the railway ever being there.

The retail park was later named as the "The Broad Centre",[12] owned by BBC Pension Trust.[13]

Former Services

Preceding station  |  | Disused railways  |  | Following station

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Sutton Junction |  | Midland Railway (Sutton Branch)  |  | None (terminus)

## References

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1. ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 440
2. ^ The Penny Emma at Sutton Town Station Nottinghamshire County Council via Inspire cultural services. Retrieved 15 February 2025
3. ^ Ashfield Masterplan Report Ashfield District Council, 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2025
4. ^ Kirkby - Sutton path set to be transformed! Ashfield District Council, 31 Oct 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2025
5. ^ "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 881. 1881. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
6. ^ "Derby and Derbyshire and Elsewhere". Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal. England. 13 January 1912. Retrieved 8 May 2021 - via British Newspaper Archive.
7. ^ "Stationmaster for Sutton". Nottingham Journal. England. 30 December 1937. Retrieved 8 May 2021 - via British Newspaper Archive.
8. ^ Sutton Town Midland Railway Station, Nottinghamshire County Council via Inspire cultural services. Retrieved 19 February 2025
9. ^ Development of Portland Retail Park, Station Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, 2001 picturethepast.org.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2025
10. ^ Planning Application V/1979/0574 by Blackton Motors. Ashfield District Council, 28 June 1979. Retrieved 19 February 2025
11. ^ Home Bargains open new store suton "...the retailer moves to its new premises from Portland Retail Park." News-Journal, 30 August 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2025
12. ^ Pedestrian seriously injured after being hit by cyclist in Sutton-in-Ashfield Notts TV, 2 March 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2025
13. ^ New McDonald's restaurant planned at Nottinghamshire retail park NottinghamshireLive, 15 December 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2025

* Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
* Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
* Huthwaite Online - Tracking Stationed Railways

## External links

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* Rail line from Sutton Junction to Sutton Town Station on navigable O.S. map circa 1900

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Closed railway stations in Nottinghamshire

Mansfield Railway|

* Mansfield Central
* Sutton-in-Ashfield Central
* Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central
* Pinxton and Selston

Lancashire, Derbyshire
and East Coast Railway|

* Warsop
* Clipstone
* Edwinstowe
* Ollerton
* Boughton (Nottinghamshire)
* Tuxford Central
* Dukeries Junction
* Fledborough
* Clifton-on-Trent
* Doddington and Harby

GCR Main Line|

* Hollinwell and Annesley
* Annesley South Junction Halt
* Hucknall Central
* Bulwell Hall Halt
* Bulwell Common
* New Basford
* Carrington
* Nottingham Victoria
* Nottingham Arkwright Street
* Ruddington
* Rushcliffe Halt
* East Leake

Leen Valley Extension|

* Skegby
* Sutton-in-Ashfield Town
* Newstead and Annesley
* Linby (Great Northern Railway)
* Hucknall Town
* Butler's Hill
* Bestwood Colliery
* Bulwell Forest

GNR Derbyshire and
Staffordshire Extension|

* Pinxton South
* Pye Hill and Somercotes
* Codnor Park and Selston
* Newthorpe, Greasley and Shipley Gate
* Awsworth
* Kimberley East
* Basford North
* Daybrook
* Gedling and Carlton

Worksop to Nottingham Line|

* Sutton Junction
* Mansfield Town
* Kirkby-in-Ashfield East
* Annesley
* Linby
* Hucknall Byron
* Bulwell Market
* Basford Vernon
* Radford
* Lenton

Nottingham Suburban Railway|

* Sherwood
* St Ann's Well
* Thorneywood

Mansfield to Rolleston Junction|

* Blidworth and Rainworth
* Farnsfield
* Kirklington and Edingley
* Southwell

Bennerley and Bulwell Railway|

* Kimberley West
* Watnall

Nottingham and Melton Railway|

* Edwalton
* Plumtree
* Widmerpool
* Upper Broughton

Great Northern and London
and North Western Joint Railway|

* Bingham Road (Notts)
* Barnstone
* Redmile
* Cotham

Great Northern Main Line|

* Scrooby
* Ranskill
* Barnby Moor and Sutton
* Tuxford North
* Crow Park
* Carlton on Trent

Midland Counties Railway|

* Nottingham Carrington Street
* Kegworth
* Hathern

Great Eastern and
Great Northern Joint Railway|

* Park Drain
* Misterton
* Walkeringham
* Beckingham

Other|

* Checker House
* Cottam
* Kirkby Bentinck
* Nottingham London Road
* Nottingham Racecourse
* Sturton
* Teversall Manor
* Trowell
* Whiteborough

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