Before the rail network reopening in 1995, Mansfield was the biggest town in England to be without access to a railway service.
We have searched through our archives to find memories of Mansfield and Ashfield trains, showing the bridges and stations we have lost, along with memories of model railway exhibitions from years gone by.
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9. 1968
Kirkby councillors visit the old Central Railway Station which had been closed some years previously Photo: Chad
10. Kirkby Upper Portland Railway Crossing
This was taken in the 1970s - do you remember it like this? Photo: Chad
12. All aboard
The Robin Hood Line finally reconnected Mansfield to the rest of the railway network. Photo: Chad
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