This was once an important destination for coal traffic heading to the nearby power station. The sidings have long gone and the signal box next to the level crossing is closed and now starting to show signs of neglect. Automatic barriers existed here well before others were added along the same stretch of line during the more recent upgrading. The replacement gas-fired power station, Staythorpe C, was opened in 2011. It occupies a substantial riverside site and tends to dominate this otherwise rural landscape west of Newark.
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