Cottam railway station - Misplaced Pages

This article is about a former railway station in Nottinghamshire. For the proposed railway station in Preston, see Cottam railway station (Lancashire). Former railway station in Nottinghamshire, England

Cottam
Track near Cottham Power Station, the station was roughly after the power station on an abandoned section of the line through Torksey to Saxilby.
General information
Location	England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Central Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
December 1850	Opened
2 November 1959	Closed

Cottam railway station was a station in Cottam, Nottinghamshire, England which is now closed. Part of the route on which the station was located remained in use for freight trains serving Cottam power stations, with the final train running in September 2019. The line is now officially closed, and hasn't been used since then. The line through to Saxilby and Lincoln via Torksey closed to passengers in November 1959.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Leverton		Great Central Railway Clarborough Junction-Cottam-Sykes Junction branch		Torksey

References

Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
British Railways Atlas.1947. p.16

53°18′33″N 0°46′26″W / 53.3092°N 0.7740°W / 53.3092; -0.7740

v t e 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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