Nottingham Railway Station, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK made in 1903.

Andrew Handyside who made Friargate bridge in Derby also made iron/steel work for lots of railway stations around the world, here is one such example in Nottingham.

Nottingham Railway Station, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK made in 1903.

All of the steel/iron work in this station was made in Derby by Andrew Handyside apart from the staircases which were made by The Phoenix foundry, another Derby company who made Battersea bridge in London, Derby and Stockport market Halls.

I have never seen so many Handyside makers badges in a station before, there are 23 roof support columns along platforms 1,3,5 & 6 and each support has two badges on it.

Thats a total of 184 badges !

Nottingham Railway Station was built 1903-1904 by AE Lambert for the Midland Railway Company.

The ironwork over the platforms consists of two large roofs, one over platforms 1 & 3 and a second one over platform 5 and 6. Each of these two roofs are 677ft x 86ft.

The ironwork on the roof of the west entrance to the station (Carrington Street) is 332ft by 54 ft.

Here is a photo from above of this massive roof : 

The former Great Central Main Line used to run directly above the station on a 170-foot-long (52 m) bowstring girder bridge. This bridge became redundant in 1973 and was finally dismantled in the early 1980s. That similar alignment was later used for a new tramway bridge for NET.

Here is a view from a plane in 1949 showing the GCR bridge going over the station :

In 2014 the porte-cochère (main entrance to the station) on Carrington Street was converted from a vehicle forecourt into a large indoor concourse for pedestrians only, it has coffee shops etc.

Here is a photo I took in 2011 before that change : 

Map location of this railway station :

https://maps.app.goo.gl/666A5nBQMwJBMe9W9

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Thanks
Andy