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Scrooby
Scrooby
	This picture was taken in July, 1979. The station house has since been renovated.
General information
Location	Scrooby, Bassetlaw; England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Opened	4 September 1849
Closed	1938; 86 years ago
Original company	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
14 September 1931; 92 years ago	Closed to Regular services

Scrooby was a railway station on the Great Northern Railway running between Retford and Doncaster. The station served the small village of Scrooby until closed in 1931, though an excursion stopped in 1938.^[3] Sunday trains ended in 1924.^[4] In 1897 it had a booking office, waiting room, stationmaster's house, signal box and 5 passenger trains a day each way, but no goods facilities.^[5] About 1978 the signal box was replaced by Doncaster power box.^[6]

The area was also famous for the water troughs on the line from about 1903^[7] to about 1969.

Present day edit

The station survives today as a private house.

References edit

^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 207.
^ Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977. Bristol: Avon-AngliA Publications & Services. p. 121. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
^ "Scrooby Station". Railway Magazine. October 1938. p. 308. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
^ "What the railways are doing". Railway Magazine. November 1924. p. 414. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
^ "Scrooby - the cradle of the American Republic". Railway Magazine. September 1897. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
^ "Scrooby Station and Signalbox". signalboxes.com. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
^ "GNR rolling stock past and present". Railway Magazine. September 1910. p. 209. Retrieved 14 December 2016.