Mansfield Woodhouse station

The old goods shed is constructed from local Mansfield stone. This dolomitic or magnesian limestone, which comes in red and white forms, has been extensively quarried in the area and has contributed building material for St Pancras station, the Palace of Westminster and Southwell Minster in times past.

Woodhouse station closed under the Beeching recommendations in 1964 but was reopened in 1995 as part of the Robin Hood line, connecting the Mansfield area once again with Nottingham. The route was extended to Worksop over the former freight lines in 1998. In the interim, the line had been used for coal traffic, serving amongst others, Sherwood Colliery [1903-19920], located at Mansfield Woodhouse. The station lies in the shadow of the now landscaped and tree covered pit spoil heaps.

Nearby, and also developed on reclaimed land, Sherwood Colliery FC have extensive, modern, 3-G football pitches, where we headed this morning for an under eleven friendly game against Southwell City, which the home team narrowly won, 1-0.

The station has three platforms. Platform three is a bay that sits under the refurbished goods shed roof, and when we briefly called by, the 3-car Class 170 forming the 12.40 to Nottingham was ready to depart for the city.