Boughton railway station (Nottinghamshire)
Boughton railway station served the village of Boughton in Nottinghamshire, England from 1897 to 1955 when it was closed. It has since been razed to the ground.
The site of the former station
LD&ECR and Sheffield District Railway
1950 Excursion Advert
Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway
The Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway (LD&ECR) was built to connect coalfields in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire with Warrington and a new port on the Lincolnshire coast. It was a huge undertaking, and the company was unable to raise the money to build its line. With the financial help of the Great Eastern Railway it managed to open between Chesterfield and Lincoln with a branch towards Sheffield from 1896. Despite efforts to promote tourist travel, the passenger business was never buoyant, but collieries were connected to the line, at first and in succeeding years. The Great Eastern Railway, and other main line companies, transported coal to the southern counties, and the company's engines took coal to Immingham in great quantities. The company had a fleet of tank engines.
Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway carriage, built in 1896
Broxup with three other English engineers and Henrik Wennerström [sv] (standing left), in the 1880s
Bevercotes Colliery in 2007