Bulwell station

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Bulwell National Rail
Bulwell
Location
Place Bulwell
Local authority Nottingham
Operations
Station code BLW
Managed by East Midlands Trains
Number of platforms National Rail - 1
Nottingham Express Transit - 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 * 62,021
2005/06 * decrease 59,173
2006/07 * decrease 50,414
2007/08 * decrease 39,923
2008/09 * decrease 39,084
2009/10 * increase 48,842
History
2 October 1848[1] Opened
11 August 1952 renamed Bulwell Market
24 May 1994 reopened as Bulwell
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bulwell from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Bulwell station is a railway station and tram stop in Bulwell, Nottingham, England.

It is located on the Robin Hood Line and the Hucknall branch of the Nottingham Express Transit.

The station is included in the PlusBus scheme where train and bus tickets can be bought together giving a saving on the cost of separate tickets. Bulwell Plusbus tickets are also valid on the Nottingham Express Transit. Bulwell is in the same PlusBus area as Beeston, Nottingham, Netherfield and Carlton stations. where a Plusbus ticket costs £2.70, with further discounts available for Railcard Holders.

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[edit] Services

[edit] Rail

Monday to Saturday there is generally an hourly daytime service southbound to Nottingham and northbound to Mansfield Woodhouse, with all services before 0900 and after 1730 terminating at Worksop.

Sundays see 7 Nothbound trains to Worksop or Mansfield Woodhouse and 6 Southbound services to Nottingham.

The station used to have 2 rail platforms, but the down platform was removed to make way for the Nottingham Express Transit tram stop.

Bulwell station in 1963

[edit] Tram

Most trams continue to Station Street.

Mondays-Fridays

  • 3 trams per hour (tph) 0600-0715
  • 5/6 tph 0715-1830
  • 3 tph 1830-0000

Saturdays

  • 3 tph 0600-0800
  • 6 tph 0800-1820
  • 3 tph 1820-0000

Sundays and Bank Holidays

  • 2 tph 0800-1030
  • 4 tph 1030-1800
  • 2 tph 1800-2300 (0000 on Bank Holidays)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 48.

[edit] External links

Preceding station   National Rail National Rail   Following station
East Midlands Trains
Preceding station   Nottingham Express Transit   Following station
Highbury Vale
towards Station Street
  Line 1   Bulwell Forest
towards Hucknall

Coordinates: 52°59′59″N 01°11′44″W / 52.99972°N 1.19556°W / 52.99972; -1.19556


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