ɹBeeston railway station serves the town of Beeston, Nottinghamshire in England. It lies on the Midland Main Line's Nottingham branch.
It was built in 1839 for the Midland Counties Railway, which shortly joined the North Midland Railway and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway to form the Midland Railway.
The first station from Nottingham, at the time it was very popular with people from the city who wished to spend a day in the countryside, desiring "fresh air and recreation". Its first station master was a Mr Campbell.
The original station building, which was little more than a cottage, was replaced in 1847 with a much larger one which still exists. The wooden platform canopies and adjacent wrought-iron and glass canopy were installed in 1871. The wooden platform canopies were originally located at Southwell Railway Station, and were relocated to Beeston when Southwell Station was re-built.
The Victoria Hotel public house is adjacent to the Nottingham platform and has its own gate access to the platform, for which it reputedly pays an annual peppercorn rent of 50 pence.
References
- The Nottingham and Derby Railway Companion, (1839) Republished 1979 with Foreword by J.B.Radford, Derbyshire Record Society
- Higginson, M, (1989) The Midland Counties Railway: A Pictorial Survey, Derby: Midland Railway Trust.
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| Preceding station |  National Rail
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| Nottingham | Midland Mainline Nottingham-London |
Loughborough | ||
| Nottingham | Central Trains Nottingham-Derby |
Attenborough | ||
| Nottingham | Central Trains Nottingham-Cardiff |
Long Eaton | ||