Elton and Orston railway station
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Elton and Orston railway station (formerly Elton railway station) serves the villages of Elton
Elton on the Hill
For other uses of the name, see Elton .Elton on the Hill is a small Nottinghamshire village and civil parish in the Vale of Belvoir.-Situation and facilities:Elton lies about east of Nottingham, England, in the NG13 postcode district...

 and Orston
Orston
Orston is a small village in Nottinghamshire, England nearby to Thoroton, Elton on the Hill and Bottesford.The name Orston is thought to originate from the Old English Ordricestune which means 'the farmstead of Ordric" Ordric was the leader of the small settlement...

 in Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...

.

History

It is located on the line first opened by the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway
Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway
The Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway was an early British railway company, which opened in 1850.The original aim was to link to the proposed Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway at Ambergate to link Manchester with Boston and the East Coast...

 in 1850 and taken over by the Great Northern Railway
Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)
The Great Northern Railway was a British railway company established by the Great Northern Railway Act of 1846. On 1 January 1923 the company lost its identity as a constituent of the newly formed London and North Eastern Railway....



The station itself was opened by the Great Northern Railway
Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)
The Great Northern Railway was a British railway company established by the Great Northern Railway Act of 1846. On 1 January 1923 the company lost its identity as a constituent of the newly formed London and North Eastern Railway....

 in 1855. The station buildings were designed by Thomas Chambers Hine
Thomas Chambers Hine
Thomas Chambers Hine 1814 - 1899 was an architect based in Nottingham.He was born in Covent Garden into a prosperous middle class family, the eldest son of a hosiery manufacturer. He was articled to the London architect Matthew Habershorn. In 1837 he arrived in Nottingham and formed a partnership...

. Images such as http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NTGM016291&pos=3&action=zoom&id=74121&continueUrl=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] on Picture the Past show what the station looked like in 1967.

No station buildings by Hine survive in 2008, but there is a small 1980s brick built shelter on one platform.

In 1904, the name of the station was just 'Elton'.

Former Services
Services


There is one service to Nottingham per day at 0625 hrs and one service to Skegness per day at 1710 hrs.

There is no Sunday service.

External links
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