Mansfield railway station
Mansfield  | |
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The station building from platform 2 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Mansfield |
| Local authority | Mansfield |
| Grid reference | SK536608 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | MFT |
| Managed by | East Midlands Trains |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F1 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2010/11 |
 0.366 million |
| 2011/12 |
 0.367 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.349 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.314 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.367 million |
| History | |
| Key dates |
Opened 1872 Closed 1964 Re-opened 1995 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Mansfield from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Mansfield railway station serves the large town of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, England. Alternatively it is named Mansfield Town, to distinguish itself from Mansfield Woodhouse and the GCR's former Mansfield Central. The station is 17 miles (27 km) north of Nottingham on the Robin Hood Line and is managed by East Midlands Trains.
The station has the PlusBus scheme where train and bus tickets can be bought together at a saving.
Before the station was re-opened in 1995, the town was the largest in the United Kingdom without one, all the more remarkable when it is considered that Mansfield pioneered the railway in the East Midlands. The then nearest railway station, Alfreton, was known as "Alfreton and Mansfield Parkway".
Services
Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a half-hourly service from Mansfield to Nottingham (southbound) and Mansfield Woodhouse (northbound) with an hourly service onwards to Worksop. There is an hourly service during the evenings between Nottingham and Worksop. There is also one daily service Mondays to Fridays from Mansfield Woodhouse directly to Norwich, however there is no corresponding service in the opposite direction.
On Sundays an irregular service (9 trains each way) runs between Nottingham and Mansfield Woodhouse only.[1]
History
The town was originally the terminus of the Mansfield and Pinxton Railway, built in 1819. It was bought by the Midland Railway which used the final section to extend its new Leen Valley line to the present station in 1849.
The station building acquired listed building status, but Mansfield remained isolated from the railway system until 1995, when the Robin Hood Line was reopened to Nottingham.
Future
Former operator Central Trains has been replaced by a new company called East Midlands Trains from November 2007 which operates most services in the East Midlands area. The franchise is operated by the Stagecoach group. Although passenger usage figures remain 'healthy,' Mansfield is one of the few stations in the United Kingdom not to have experienced a large growth in usage since 2004 (see figures right).
Notes
- ↑ GB National Rail Timetable, May 2013; Table 55
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mansfield railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Mansfield railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| East Midlands Trains | ||||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Blidworth and Rainworth Line and station closed |
Midland Railway Rolleston Junction to Mansfield |
Terminus | ||
Coordinates: 53°08′32″N 01°11′55″W / 53.14222°N 1.19861°W