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16/03/08
Trent Station
Trent Station was opened by the Midland Railway in May 1862 solely as an interchange station.
It was not designed to serve any local community, and for this reason it is the only station in England named after a river, rather than after a town or village.
It was an oddity in other ways, too. It was hardly altered from start to finish, and remained very much a Victorian structure even in the mid-20th century.
And it never had electric light or power, so that it was still lit only by gas as late as 1967.
It had a complicated arrangement of loops, so trains with the same destination standing on adjacent platforms could be facing in opposite directions.
Although Trent Station was closed and demolished by British Railways in January 1968, it is still fondly remembered by many people. Renewed interest in the station was sparked in April 2007 with the publication of the book Last Train from Trent Station by Geoffrey Kingscott. This immediately stirred memories, and because so many people want to know about the station, it was decided to create this dedicated website.
