Bingham railway station

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Bingham National Rail
Bingham
Location
Place Bingham
Local authority Rushcliffe
Operations
Station code BIN
Managed by East Midlands Trains
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 * 28,053
2005/06 * 26,134
2006/07 * 25,181
2007/08 * 29,457
2008/09 * 30,680
2009/10 * 31,212
History
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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 Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Bingham railway station serves the market town of Bingham, Nottinghamshire, England. The station is 14 km (8½ miles) east of Nottingham on the Nottingham - Skegness Line. The station is operated and served by East Midlands Trains.

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[edit] History

Bingham station on 13 July 1963

It is located on the line first opened by the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway in 1850 and taken over by the Great Northern Railway[1]

The station itself was opened by the Great Northern Railway in 1857. The buildings were designed by Thomas Chambers Hine.

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.

[edit] Services

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

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

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kingscott, G., (2004) Lost Railways of Nottinghamshire, Newbury: Countryside Books

[edit] External links

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

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