Image ID: 22173

Great Central Railway Station

Courtesy of J W Purdy

Mansfield
England

This view was taken from Newgate Lane and shows the Great Central Road and L N E R Station. The LNER was one of the 'Big Four' Railway Companies formed during the 1923 Grouping Act in Britain. As such it barely lasted 25 years, but in this time left a prestigious mark in British railway history. The LNER was a railway of contrasts. It was the second largest 'Big Four' company in terms of route miles, but was also the poorest. It was famous for its prestigious high speed trains, but gained a lot of its income from the coal fields of North East England. Routes varied from the flat agricultural land of East Anglia, to the severe curves and gradients of Scotland and the Pennines. John James Nicholson was the station master at the Great Central Railway Station at Mansfield. He and his family lived at the top of the station for many years until he retired in the late 1950s. (Information very kindly supplied by his granddaughter, Pauleen Elliott).

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