词条 | Redmile railway station |
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| name = Redmile | gridref = SK786362 | manager = Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway | owner = LNER & LMS Joint | locale = Redmile | borough = Nottinghamshire | platforms = 2 | years = 15 December 1879 | events = Opened | years1 = 10 September 1951 | events1 = Closed }}Redmile railway station served the villages of Redmile and Barkestone-le-Vale, Nottinghamshire and also Belvoir Castle. It was on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway. It opened in 1879 and closed to passengers in 1951, but remained in use for oil deliveries into the 1980s.[1] Fuel deliveriesThe fuel deliveries were for the Redmile Petroleum Storage Depot. This was originally constructed during the late 1930s and later expanded. A pump-station was added in 1943 as part of the GPSS pipeline network. The two tank farm sites were operated by Texaco until they were emptied in the early 1990s following the end of the Cold War. There were four 500 and four 800-ton tanks and it was originally equipped with rail and road loading facilities. The rail loading facilities were removed in the 1980s, while the road loading gantry was still operation when the tank farms were closed.[2] Leicester Belgrave Road to Grantham Leicester Belgrave Road to Newark|col=000000}}{{end}} References1. ^P. Howard Anderson: Forgotten Railways, The East Midlands (Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1973). {{coord|52.9169|-0.8315|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=title}}{{Closed Stations Nottinghamshire}}2. ^Tim Whittle: Fuelling the Wars – PLUTO and the Secret Pipeline Network 1936 to 2015 (2017), p. 219. {{ISBN|9780992855468}} 5 : Disused railway stations in Nottinghamshire|Railway stations opened in 1879|Railway stations closed in 1951|Former Great Northern Railway stations|Former London and North Western Railway stations |
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