Kirkby-in-Ashfield railway station
Kirkby-in-Ashfield  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Ashfield England | ||||
| Grid reference | SK500561 | ||||
| Managed by | East Midlands Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | KKB | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | November 1996 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2015/16 |  177,474 | ||||
| 2016/17 | 178,808 | ||||
| 2017/18 | 185,220 | ||||
| 2018/19 |  181,416 | ||||
| 2019/20 | 176,680 | ||||
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Kirkby-in-Ashfield railway station serves the town of Kirkby-in-Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, England. The station is on the Robin Hood Line and is operated by East Midlands Railway between Nottingham and Worksop.
History
Kirkby-in-Ashfield was served by three railway stations:
- Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central station (closed 1962) was located 700m to the west of the present station on the former Great Central Railway Mansfield Central branch.
- Kirkby-in-Ashfield East station (closed 1964) was 350m to the east of the present station on the former Midland Railway Nottingham to Worksop line.
- Kirkby Bentinck station (closed 1963) was located in Bentinck Town to the south west of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, on the former Great Central Railway London to Manchester main line.
The closures of these lines left the area with no passenger rail services until the reopening of the former Midland Railway route, now known as the 'Robin Hood Line', in the 1990s. However, by this time British Rail had abandoned the original Midland alignment through Kirkby-in-Ashfield town centre, and the remaining freight trains instead passed through the town by way of a short remnant of yet another line.[1] The town's new station is therefore located on part of the former Great Northern Railway Nottingham to Shirebrook line, which had not previously had a station at this location.[2]
Services
Monday to Saturday daytimes there is generally a half-hourly service from Kirkby-in-Ashfield southbound to Nottingham. There are two trains per hour northbound, one terminating at Mansfield Woodhouse and the other at Worksop.[3] Evening services run hourly in each direction, whilst on Sundays there is 2-hourly service to Nottingham & Mansfield Woodhouse only (services north of there were withdrawn due to low patronage at the December 2011 timetable change)[4]
There is also one daily service Mondays to Fridays from Mansfield Woodhouse continuing beyond Nottingham through to Norwich, however there is no balancing return train.
Facilities
The station is located ¼ mile from the centre of town in a cutting around 40 feet below street level. Access to the platforms is via two ramps with a small number of steps so is not recommended for use by wheelchair passengers unless the operator of the chair is very fit.
There are no toilet facilities on this station.
Local transport connections
There are regular bus service operating outside the station by Trent Barton to the local area but there is no taxi rank.
Future
There are plans to reopen the line between Kirkby-in-Ashfield and Pye Bridge (currently freight only) to link with the planned HS2 station at Toton.[5]
References
- ^ Anderson, P. Howard (1985). Forgotten Railways. Vol. II The East Midlands (2nd ed.). Newton Abbott: David St John Thomas. p. 206. ISBN 0-946537-20-8.
- ^ Sisson, Robin (March 2007). "Return to Robin Hood". Today's Railways UK. Vol. LXIII (March 2007). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. pp. 48–55.
- ^ GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 55 (Network Rail)
- ^ GB National Rail Timetable May 2010 & May 2011 Editions, Table 55
- ^ "North Notts train route could reopen with HS2 links • West Bridgford Wire". 2 December 2018.
External links
- Train times and station information for Kirkby-in-Ashfield railway station from National Rail
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| East Midlands Railway Robin Hood Line |