Burton Joyce railway station

Burton Joyce
Burton Joyce
Location
Place	Burton Joyce
Local authority	Gedling
Grid reference	SK644433
Operations
Station code	BUJ
Managed by	East Midlands Trains
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
	Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections; from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13	6,928
2013/14	5,302
2014/15	5,372
2015/16	8,228
2016/17	11,542
	National Rail – UK railway stations
	* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Burton Joyce from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
	UK Railways portal

Burton Joyce railway station serves the village of Burton Joyce in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies between Carlton and Lowdham stations on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line.

History

It was engineered by George Stephenson and opened by the Midland Railway on 3 August 1846.^[1] The contractors for the line were Craven and Son of Newark and Nottingham^[1]

The Nottingham (westbound) platform was shortened significantly when locomotive-hauled trains stopped in the 1960s, during the Beeching era. The main fleet through the station is class 153s and 156s, and sometimes 158s.

Facilities and Services

The station has two platforms, a five-space car park, a help point and shelters on both platforms. East Midlands Trains serve this station with trains between Newark Castle and Matlock via Nottingham. Trains call every two hours each way throughout the day (with extras at peak times). These mostly run between Newark Castle and Matlock via Derby, but some Lincoln to Nottingham and Leicester trains also call at peak times and in the evenings. On Sundays, trains now run every two hours all day rather than from mid-afternoon onwards as they did prior to the May 2017 timetable change; these run between Lincoln and Nottingham only.

External links

Train times and station information for Burton Joyce railway station from National Rail

The station in 1963

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Carlton		East Midlands Trains Matlock-Newark		Lowdham
Carlton		East Midlands Trains Leicester-Lincoln		Lowdham

References

1 2 "Opening of the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway". Lincolnshire Chronicle. England. 7 August 1846. Retrieved 2 March 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

Coordinates: 52°58′59″N 1°02′30″W / 52.98306°N 1.04167°W / 52.98306; -1.04167

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[LC1846-1] 1 2 "Opening of the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway". Lincolnshire Chronicle. England. 7 August 1846. Retrieved 2 March 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).