Mansfield Central was a railway station that served the town of Mansfield, in Nottinghamshire, England, between 1917 and 1966.
History The station was opened in 1917 by the Mansfield Railway, along with and . The line and its stations was worked by the Great Central Railway, which became part of the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923 and subsequently British Railways in 1948.
Most regular passenger trains plied between and Mansfield Central, with some extending to and . In the station's early years, some services operated between Mansfield Central, and .
Timetabled services ceased on 2 January 1956, though summer weekend excursion traffic to , , and continued until 8 September 1962.
The line through the station was closed on 7 January 1968 and subsequently lifted. The station and its associated earthworks were razed to the ground in 1972.
The site today
The site of the former station is now occupied by Mansfield police station and a car park.
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The station on a navigable 1947 O.S. map Npemap website Station, line and mileages (archived) at the Railway Codes website Image of the old station Flickr.