Bingham railway station
Bingham  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Bingham, Rushcliffe England | ||||
| Grid reference | SK705401 | ||||
| Managed by | East Midlands Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | BIN | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1850 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  79,410 | ||||
| 2020/21 |  14,442 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 55,774 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 63,540 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 61,816 | ||||
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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 Railway.
History
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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]
In 1851 the first station master, Thomas Hand, absconded with five days' takings from passengers travelling to the Nottingham Fair.[4]
Between 1879 and 1953, Bingham was also served by Bingham Road station on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway. It was used for London and North Western Railway services between Nottingham London Road and stations to Northampton.
From 7 January 1963 passenger steam trains between Grantham, Bottesford, Elton and Orston, Aslockton, Bingham, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Netherfield and Colwick, Nottingham London-road (High Level) and Nottingham (Victoria) were replaced by diesel multiple-unit trains.[5]
Station masters
[edit]- Thomas Hand, 1850–1851[4]
- Robert John Nicholson, c. 1865
- J. W. Page (afterwards station master at Harby and Stathern)
- Charles Richardson, 1877–1898[6]
- George Tagg 1898
- Mr Chandler, up to 1902[7] (afterwards station master at Little Bytham)
- John Thomas James, c. 1913
- A. Smith, up to 1937[8] (afterwards station master at Loughborough Central)
- Albert S. Langford, c. 1940 – 1949[9]
- F. L. Cantwell, c. 1959–1961
- J. H. Fisher, from 1961
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Services
[edit]There is generally an hourly service daily westbound to Nottingham and eastbound towards Grantham and Skegness.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| East Midlands Railway | ||||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Radcliffe-on-Trent | Great Northern Railway Nottingham to Grantham Nottingham to Newark |
Aslockton | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ Kingscott, G., (2004) Lost Railways of Nottinghamshire, Newbury: Countryside Books
- ^ "The Ambergate Railway". Nottinghamshire Guardian. England. 18 July 1850. Retrieved 29 June 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "Gleanings". Durham County Advertiser. England. 17 October 1851. Retrieved 8 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Train Service Alterations from Monday". Grantham Journal. England. 4 January 1963. Retrieved 18 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Presentation to the Bingham Great Northern Station Master". Nottingham Journal. England. 5 November 1898. Retrieved 8 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Great Northern Railway promotion". Stamford Mercury. England. 30 May 1902. Retrieved 8 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The L.N.E.R announce…". Nottingham Journal. England. 15 January 1937. Retrieved 8 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Bingham". Newark Advertiser. England. 12 October 1949. Retrieved 8 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Bingham railway station from National Rail
- Evacuees arriving at Bingham station[permanent dead link]