Bingham railway station

Bingham National Rail
Location
Place Bingham
Local authority Rushcliffe
Grid reference SK705401
Operations
Station code BIN
Managed by East Midlands Trains
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Decrease 36,682
2013/14 Increase 39,786
2014/15 Increase 51,778
2015/16 Increase 59,018
2016/17 Increase 67,216
History
Key dates Opened 1850 (1850)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bingham from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Bingham railway station serves the market town of Bingham, Nottinghamshire, England. The station is 8½ miles (14 km) east of Nottingham on the Nottingham-Skegness Line. The station is operated and served by East Midlands Trains.

History

Bingham station on 13 July 1963

Passenger services started on 15 July 1850.[1] It is located on the line first opened by the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway and taken over by the Great Northern Railway.[2] The buildings were designed by Thomas Chambers Hine.[3]

Between 1879 and 1953, Bingham was also served by Bingham Road station on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway. This station was used by London and North Western Railway Nottingham to Northampton services.

Services

There is generally an hourly service daily westbound to Nottingham and eastbound towards Grantham and Skegness.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
East Midlands Trains
Disused railways
Radcliffe-on-Trent   Great Northern Railway
Nottingham to Grantham
Nottingham to Newark		   Aslockton

References

  1. ↑ "Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway". Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties. England. 12 July 1850. Retrieved 29 June 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  2. ↑ Kingscott, G., (2004) Lost Railways of Nottinghamshire, Newbury: Countryside Books
  3. ↑ "The Ambergate Railway". Nottinghamshire Guardian. England. 18 July 1850. Retrieved 29 June 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

Coordinates: 52°57′15″N 0°57′05″W / 52.95417°N 0.95139°W / 52.95417; -0.95139

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