Attenborough railway station

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General information
Location	Broxtowe
Coordinates	52.9067°N 1.2306°W / 52.9067; -1.2306
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	ATB
Key dates
1 December 1856	Station opens as Attenborough Gate
1 November 1858	Station closes
1 September 1864	Station reopens as Attenborough
19 April 1937	Station renamed Chilwell
27 September 1937	Station renamed Attenborough

Midland Railway locomotive 547 fitted for oil burning ca. 1920

Down freight train approaching the station in 1961

A Class 222 Meridian near Attenborough on the Midland Main Line

Attenborough railway station serves Attenborough in Nottinghamshire, England.

History

Built as a halt known as Attenborough Gate in 1856 on the Midland Counties Railway line from Nottingham to Derby which had opened in 1839, the station opened next to a level crossing and tickets were bought from the crossing keeper.

The station on the present site was built by the Midland Railway and opened on 1 September 1864; the Gate suffix was dropped and the name became Attenborough.

Becoming part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, the station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

During World War I the station had its platforms extended as it was used as an interchange for soldiers and workers heading for National Shell Filling Factory No. 6 at Chilwell.

In April 1937 the station was renamed Chilwell. However, this did not go down well with Attenborough locals who raised a petition which 235 local people signed. This resulted in a decision by the LMS to revert the name to Attenborough.

The signal box survived until at least 1982 but is now demolished.

When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways.

It is an unstaffed station, having lost its station buildings and staff in the early 1990s. Following a rebuild of the platforms in 2005 the station has no architectural remains from any earlier station except parts of the footbridge.

The footbridge was replaced in 2007, receiving a new steel deck and stairways. The blue brick towers, which support the bridge, were retained.

Services

An hourly service is provided throughout the day by East Midlands Railway' Matlock to Nottingham service. Most of these now run through to & from Newark Castle since the December 2014 timetable change. Additional services run at peak times, including some operated by CrossCountry.

On Sundays the service is also hourly, although only between Nottingham and Derby (two-hourly extensions to Matlock).

East Midlands Railway Mainline services from Leeds, Sheffield and London run through at high speed, but do not stop. Interchange with Mainline services can be made at Derby and Nottingham.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Long Eaton		CrossCountry Cardiff–Nottingham		Beeston
East Midlands Parkway		East Midlands Railway Leicester-Lincoln Limited Service		Nottingham
Long Eaton		East Midlands Railway Derwent Valley Line		Beeston

References

• Higginson, M, (1989) The Midland Counties Railway: A Pictorial Survey, Derby: Midland Railway Trust.
• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Station on navigable O.S. map

External links

• Class 44 locomotive passing Attenborough Station 1976.
• Train passing through Attenborough Station in 2005.
• See Attenborough railway station on Google Street View.