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For some years the Wikipedia entries for Warsop and Edwinstowe railway station stated that "Clipstone railway station" lay between the two. This appeared to be supported by the map reproduced on the rear cover of the definitive work on the LD&ECR by Cupit and Taylor and elsewhere. That map does indeed show "Clipstone (Goods)" on the LD&ECR main line between the two stations. This facility was, however, never more than a small siding with a signalbox which primarily served as an intermediate box on the main line. In another work Cupit explicitly states that the siding was never more than just that - "Old Clipstone, like its new colliery namesake, has no station; a single siding serves the needs of the agricultural folks hereabouts.". [1] No source suggests otherwise.
The confusion was compounded because, despite the above, Clipstone did have two stations of sorts, both to the east of what became New Clipstone, off the Mansfield Railway line, a good mile asw the crow flies and twice as far by rail from the siding on the LD&ECR main line:
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For some years the Wikipedia entries for Warsop and Edwinstowe railway station stated that "Clipstone railway station" lay between the two. This appeared to be supported by the map reproduced on the rear cover of the definitive work on the LD&ECR by Cupit and Taylor and elsewhere. That map does indeed show "Clipstone (Goods)" on the LD&ECR main line between the two stations. This facility was, however, never more than a small siding with a signalbox which primarily served as an intermediate box on the main line. In another work Cupit explicitly states that the siding was never more than just that - "Old Clipstone, like its new colliery namesake, has no station; a single siding serves the needs of the agricultural folks hereabouts.". [1] No source suggests otherwise.
The confusion was compounded because, despite the above, Clipstone did have two stations of sorts, both to the east of what became New Clipstone, off the Mansfield Railway line, a good mile asw the crow flies and twice as far by rail from the siding on the LD&ECR main line: