Nottingham Victoria Station during demolition & St Anns Area prior to demolition Video Credit : Past Lives Project | Nottingham

Who remembers Nottingham Victoria railway station? Thanks to 89-year-old Bill Freeman for this footage of the last train arriving, 50 years ago. | BBC Nottingham

Nottingham once had two great railway stations — and one of them has almost vanished from memory. Nottingham Victoria railway station opened in 1900 as a bold statement by the Great Central Railway. Vast, ambitious, and proudly Victorian, it carried express trains to London Marylebone and beyond beneath a soaring iron-and-glass roof. For decades it was a symbol of confidence, industry, and movement. But changing travel habits and post-war railway rationalisation sealed its fate. Passenger servic

Nottingham once had two great railway stations — and one of them has almost vanished from memory. Nottingham Victoria railway station opened in 1900 as a bold statement by the Great Central Railway. Vast, ambitious, and proudly Victorian, it carried express trains to London Marylebone and beyond beneath a soaring iron-and-glass roof. For decades it was a symbol of confidence, industry, and movement. But changing travel habits and post-war railway rationalisation sealed its fate. Passenger servic

Nottingham once had two great railway stations — and one of them has almost vanished from memory. Nottingham Victoria railway station opened in 1900 as a bold statement by the Great Central Railway. Vast, ambitious, and proudly Victorian, it carried express trains to London Marylebone and beyond beneath a soaring iron-and-glass roof. For decades it was a symbol of confidence, industry, and movement. But changing travel habits and post-war railway rationalisation sealed its fate. Passenger servic