Mansfield railway station (Nottinghamshire)

For other uses, see Mansfield station (disambiguation).

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General information
Location	Mansfield
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	MFT
History
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 March 1872 (1872-03-01)	Opened as Mansfield
11 August 1952	Renamed Mansfield Town
12 October 1964	Closed
10 November 1995	Reopened as Mansfield

Mansfield railway station is a Grade II listed railway station which 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 Railway.

The station has the PlusBus scheme, where train and bus tickets can be bought together at a saving. It is connected via skybridge to Mansfield bus station.

Before the station was reopened 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 one to 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 (nine trains each way) runs between Nottingham and Mansfield Woodhouse only.

History

Sign for Mansfield Town station at the Midland Railway Centre, Swanwick

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 present station building was constructed by the Midland Railway in 1872; it acquired listed building status, but following closure in 1964 Mansfield remained isolated from the railway system until 1995, when the Robin Hood Line was reopened to Nottingham.

External links

• Train times and station information for Mansfield railway station (Nottinghamshire) from National Rail

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Sutton Parkway		East Midlands Railway Robin Hood Line		Mansfield Woodhouse
	Disused railways
Blidworth and Rainworth Line and station closed		Midland Railway Rolleston Junction to Mansfield		Terminus