Burton Joyce railway station

Coordinates: 52°58′59″N 1°02′30″W / 52.98306°N 1.04167°W / 52.98306; -1.04167
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Burton Joyce
General information
LocationGedling
Managed byEast Midlands Trains
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBUJ

Burton Joyce railway station serves the village of Burton Joyce in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies between Carlton and Lowdham stations on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line.

History

It was engineered by George Stephenson and opened by the Midland Railway on 3 August 1846.[1] The contractors for the line were Craven and Son of Newark and Nottingham[1]

The Nottingham (westbound) platform was shortened significantly when locomotive-hauled trains stopped in the 1960s, during the Beeching era. The main fleet through the station is class 153s and 156s, and sometimes 158s.

Facilities and Services

The station has two platforms, a five-space car park, a help point and shelters on both platforms. East Midlands Trains serve this station with trains between Newark Castle and Matlock via Nottingham. Trains call every two hours each way throughout the day (with extras at peak times). These mostly run between Newark Castle and Matlock via Derby, but some Lincoln to Nottingham and Leicester trains also call at peak times and in the evenings. On Sundays, trains now run every two hours all day rather than from mid-afternoon onwards as they did prior to the May 2017 timetable change; these run between Lincoln and Nottingham only.

External links

The station in 1963
Preceding station   National Rail National Rail   Following station
East Midlands Trains
Matlock-Newark
East Midlands Trains

References

  1. ^ a b "Opening of the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway". Lincolnshire Chronicle. England. 7 August 1846. Retrieved 2 March 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)

52°58′59″N 1°02′30″W / 52.98306°N 1.04167°W / 52.98306; -1.04167