Nottingham station
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Nottingham station, for some time known as Nottingham Midland or Nottingham City, is the principal railway station of the city of Nottingham
and the Greater Nottingham
area. It is served by East Midlands Trains
, CrossCountry
and Northern Rail
; prior to 11 November 2007, it was served by Midland Mainline
and Central Trains
.
(1839–1848) opened in May 1839 when the Midland Counties Railway
opened the line from Nottingham to Derby. This terminus station was situated on the west side of Carrington Street on the site now occupied by Nottingham Magistrates' Court
. The original station gate posts still exist and form the pedestrian entrance to the Magistrates' Courts area.
merged with two others into the Midland Railway
and by 1848 it had outgrown this station and new lines to Lincoln had been opened. A new through station (1848–1903) was opened on Station Road on 22 May and was designed by the architect J E Hall of Nottingham. In the 1880s Nottingham station employed 170 men. Although attractive when it first opened, by the early 1900s the station was cramped, with only three platforms. A locomotive derailment knocked down a cast iron pillar, which brought down part of the train shed. This and the new Victoria station putting the Midland Railway to shame finally resulted in a scheme to re-build and expand.
opened its Victoria Station in 1900, the Midland Railway
appointed Albert Edward Lambert
, a local Nottingham architect, to rebuild the Midland station. Lambert had been the architect for the Nottingham Victoria railway station
and consequently the two buildings shared many similarities in their design.
The station was re-built largely on the same site as the Station Street station, but the entrance was relocated onto Carrington Street.
The first contract for the station buildings was awarded to Edward Wood and Sons of Derby on 23 January 1903, who were also awarded the contract for the buildings on platforms 1 and 2 on 16 September 1903. The contract for the buildings on platforms 4 and 5 was awarded to Kirk, Knight & Co of Sleaford
on 18 June 1903, who were also responsible for building the parcels office (Forward House) on Station Street, which opened in November 1903. The structural steelwork and cast-ironwork was done by Handyside & Co.
and the Phoenix Foundry, both of Derby
.
The station was built in an Edwardian Baroque Revival style at a cost of £1 million (£ as of ), and was described by the Evening News on the eve of its opening (16 January 1904) as a magnificent new block of buildings.
The station was built using a mix of red brick, terracotta (which was used as a substitute for building stone) and faience
(a glazed terracotta
) with slate and glazed pitch roofs over the principal buildings. The carriage entrances have Art Nouveau
wrought-iron gates
The station’s forebuildings were opened to passengers without any formal ceremony on 17 January 1904, although next day the Evening News reported that the platforms were still in a state of chaos and these were not expected to be ready for another nine months. However it did consider that ‘the result promises to be the provision for Nottingham of one of the most commodious and most convenient passenger stations in the country’.
The day began with the closure of the booking offices in the old station after the last tickets were issued for the 5:25 am London train and the new booking offices were opened in time to issue tickets for the 6:25 am Erewash
Valley train. No attempt was made to exclude the public from the building and many took the opportunity to view the new station buildings. The Evening News commented on the public’s admiration of the style and elegance of the station approaches and booking hall and went on to describe the day’s events. In the morning, local juveniles swarmed into the station and spent their time playing boisterous games and dodging the duty policeman. Then later in the day, when the juveniles had finally been excluded, many top-hatted gents and their ladies came to promenade, no doubt adding some decorum to the proceedings, and to look at the architecturally pleasing buildings and general satisfaction was expressed. Finally as evening approached the gates were closed and none but passengers were allowed inside.
The Midland Railway
always suffered the indignity that its rival the Great Central Railway
crossed the top of Nottingham Midland station on a 170 feet (51.8 m) bowstring girder bridge. This became redundant in 1967 and was finally dismantled in the early 1980s. Plans exist to build a new tramway bridge over the station on the same alignment.
station was .
The Great Northern Railway
stations were the high level and low level stations in London Road. For a brief period (1967–1969) Nottingham Victoria station having closed, the service from Nottingham to Rugby Central used a reopened Arkwright Street station
(previously closed in 1963).
trams running over the top of the station. http://www.bdp.co.uk/urbanism/work/nottinghamstation/default.asp
The station has six platforms. Platforms 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are halved into A and B to accommodate two trains on each platform.
Platform 1 is used mainly for trains to Lincoln Central. Semi-fast services from London St Pancras terminate at this platform. Some CrossCountry
trains services to Birmingham New Street and Cardiff Central
call at the platform also.
Platform 2 is a bay platform
at the eastern end of the station which accommodates terminating trains from Newark
and Grantham
directions but mainly the hourly East Midlands Trains (EMT)
service to Skegness
via Boston
.
Platform 3 is used by a variety of services, EMT local trains to Derby & Matlock
, long distance EMT services to Norwich
via Grantham
, Peterborough
, Ely
& Thetford
, early morning EMT services to London St. Pancras and Northern Rail
services to via Sheffield & Barnsley.
Platform 4 is mainly used for the EMT fast service to London St. Pancras via Leicester
and Market Harborough
, including EMT local services to Mansfield Woodhouse
and Worksop
.
Platform 5 is commonly used for trains to Liverpool Lime Street
, calling at Alfreton
, Chesterfield
, Sheffield, Stockport
, Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Oxford Road
, Warrington Central
, Widnes
and Liverpool South Parkway
and by CrossCountry
trains to Birmingham New Street.
Platform 6 is commonly used for Ivanhoe Line trains to Leicester
and also by certain Birmingham and Cardiff CrossCountry
trains.
About 15,000 people pass through the station each day. Station Street tram stop
is connected to the station concourse via a pedestrian bridge.
The station has the PlusBus
scheme where train and bus tickets can be bought together at a saving. It is in the same area as , , and stations.
As part of remodelling the station, there are plans to redevelop and refurbish it. The first refurbishment is to reconstruct the railway bridge. It was refurbished with repainting and stronger supports. It cannot be demolished because it is a Grade II* listed building. Next was to construct a First Class lounge. It was constructed by Network Rail
and funded by East Midlands Trains
and Nottingham City Council
. It was opened on 14 December 2008, when the timetable change commenced. Nottingham City Council planned to construct a multi-storey car park. There were protests not to construct the car park because of taking natural light from the station. Plans were to reconstruct the whole station. This includes the ticket office, main concourse and the platforms. The council want to call the station The Hub.
During May 2009, work started to construct automatic ticket gates at Nottingham station. As of late 2009 Nottingham is a Penalty fare
station.
The following services currently call at Nottingham:
, which will cut the journey time from 104 minutes to 90 minutes by 2011 between London and Nottingham.
Current off-peak services from the station include:
1tph to London St Pancras (fast) via , and (East Midlands Trains
)
1tph to London St Pancras (slow) via , Leicester, , , and (East Midlands Trains)
1tph to via , Manchester Piccadilly
and (East Midlands Trains)
1tph to via , and (East Midlands Trains)
2tph to , with 1tph continuing to (East Midlands Trains)
1tph to via (East Midlands Trains)
1tph to Leicester via (East Midlands Trains)
1tph to via (East Midlands Trains)
1tph to via (East Midlands Trains)
2tph to via Derby with 1tph continuing to via (CrossCountry
)
1tph to via Sheffield (Northern Rail
)
There is also an early morning service to via Birmingham New Street, and provided by CrossCountry
. This service departs at 06:37.
Glasgow Trains
are looking into possibilities of running a direct service from Nottingham to . Their plans have yet to be approved, however.
played a gig at Nottingham station as part of their 'Back to Basics' busking tour in the mid-eighties. The gig took place at midnight.
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
and the Greater Nottingham
Greater Nottingham
The Nottingham Urban Area is an area of land defined by the Office for National Statistics, consisting of the city of Nottingham and the adjoining urban areas of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, in the East Midlands of England...
area. It is served by East Midlands Trains
East Midlands Trains
East Midlands Trains is a British passenger train operating company. Based in Derby, it provides train services in the East Midlands, chiefly in the counties of Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Northamptonshire, and between the East Midlands and London...
, CrossCountry
CrossCountry
CrossCountry is the brand name of XC Trains Ltd., a British train operating company owned by Arriva...
and Northern Rail
Northern Rail
Northern Rail is a British train operating company that has operated local passenger services in Northern England since 2004. Northern Rail's owner, Serco-Abellio, is a consortium formed of Abellio and Serco, an international operator of public transport systems...
; prior to 11 November 2007, it was served by Midland Mainline
Midland Mainline
Midland Mainline was a British train operating company owned by the National Express Group and based in Derby. It was created after the privatisation of British Rail. Midland Mainline services operated from April 1996 to November 2007....
and Central Trains
Central Trains
Central Trains was one of the original 25 train operating companies to emerge from the break-up of British Rail between 1994 and 1997. The company operated local, urban and secondary express services across central England and Mid Wales.-Overview:...
.
The first station
The first Nottingham stationNottingham Carrington Street railway station
See also the later Carrington railway station built by the GCRNottingham Carrington Street railway station was the first railway station in Nottingham, opened in 1840 by the Midland Counties Railway....
(1839–1848) opened in May 1839 when the Midland Counties Railway
Midland Counties Railway
The Midland Counties Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom which existed between 1832 and 1844, connecting Nottingham, Leicester and Derby with Rugby and thence, via the London and Birmingham Railway, to London. The MCR system connected with the North Midland Railway and the...
opened the line from Nottingham to Derby. This terminus station was situated on the west side of Carrington Street on the site now occupied by Nottingham Magistrates' Court
Nottingham Magistrates' Court
Nottingham Magistrates' Court is a Magistrates' Court in Nottingham, England.-History:Until 1996, Nottingham Magistrates were housed in two separate buildings, the Guildhall and the Shire Hall....
. The original station gate posts still exist and form the pedestrian entrance to the Magistrates' Courts area.
The second station
In 1844 the Midland Counties RailwayMidland Counties Railway
The Midland Counties Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom which existed between 1832 and 1844, connecting Nottingham, Leicester and Derby with Rugby and thence, via the London and Birmingham Railway, to London. The MCR system connected with the North Midland Railway and the...
merged with two others into the Midland Railway
Midland Railway
The Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....
and by 1848 it had outgrown this station and new lines to Lincoln had been opened. A new through station (1848–1903) was opened on Station Road on 22 May and was designed by the architect J E Hall of Nottingham. In the 1880s Nottingham station employed 170 men. Although attractive when it first opened, by the early 1900s the station was cramped, with only three platforms. A locomotive derailment knocked down a cast iron pillar, which brought down part of the train shed. This and the new Victoria station putting the Midland Railway to shame finally resulted in a scheme to re-build and expand.
Current building
When the Great Central RailwayGreat Central Railway
The Great Central Railway was a railway company in England which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 in anticipation of the opening in 1899 of its London Extension . On 1 January 1923, it was grouped into the London and North Eastern...
opened its Victoria Station in 1900, the Midland Railway
Midland Railway
The Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....
appointed Albert Edward Lambert
Albert Edward Lambert
Albert Edward Lambert was an architect based in Nottingham.-Family:He was born in Manton in Rutland in 1869. He was the son of John Lambert and Louisa...
, a local Nottingham architect, to rebuild the Midland station. Lambert had been the architect for the Nottingham Victoria railway station
Nottingham Victoria railway station
Nottingham Victoria railway station was a Great Central Railway and Great Northern Railway railway station in Nottingham, England. It was designed by the architect Albert Edward Lambert....
and consequently the two buildings shared many similarities in their design.
The first contract for the station buildings was awarded to Edward Wood and Sons of Derby on 23 January 1903, who were also awarded the contract for the buildings on platforms 1 and 2 on 16 September 1903. The contract for the buildings on platforms 4 and 5 was awarded to Kirk, Knight & Co of Sleaford
Sleaford
Sleaford is a town in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is located thirteen miles northeast of Grantham, seventeen miles west of Boston, and nineteen miles south of Lincoln, and had a total resident population of around 14,500 in 6,167 households at the time...
on 18 June 1903, who were also responsible for building the parcels office (Forward House) on Station Street, which opened in November 1903. The structural steelwork and cast-ironwork was done by Handyside & Co.
Andrew Handyside
Andrew Handyside and Company was an iron founder in Derby, England in the nineteenth century.-Biography:Born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1805, Handyside worked in his uncle Charles Baird's engineering business in St. Petersburg before taking over the Brittania Foundry in 1848...
and the Phoenix Foundry, both of Derby
Derby
Derby , is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407...
.
The station was built in an Edwardian Baroque Revival style at a cost of £1 million (£ as of ), and was described by the Evening News on the eve of its opening (16 January 1904) as a magnificent new block of buildings.
Faience
Faience or faïence is the conventional name in English for fine tin-glazed pottery on a delicate pale buff earthenware body, originally associated with Faenza in northern Italy. The invention of a white pottery glaze suitable for painted decoration, by the addition of an oxide of tin to the slip...
(a glazed terracotta
Glazed architectural terra-cotta
Glazed architectural terra-cotta is a ceramic masonry building material popular in the United States from the late 19th century until the 1930s, and still one of the most common building materials found in U.S. urban environments...
) with slate and glazed pitch roofs over the principal buildings. The carriage entrances have Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art"...
wrought-iron gates
The station’s forebuildings were opened to passengers without any formal ceremony on 17 January 1904, although next day the Evening News reported that the platforms were still in a state of chaos and these were not expected to be ready for another nine months. However it did consider that ‘the result promises to be the provision for Nottingham of one of the most commodious and most convenient passenger stations in the country’.
The day began with the closure of the booking offices in the old station after the last tickets were issued for the 5:25 am London train and the new booking offices were opened in time to issue tickets for the 6:25 am Erewash
Erewash
Erewash is a local government district and borough in eastern Derbyshire, England, to the east of Derby and the west of Nottingham. It contains the towns of Ilkeston, Long Eaton and Sandiacre and fourteen civil parishes....
Valley train. No attempt was made to exclude the public from the building and many took the opportunity to view the new station buildings. The Evening News commented on the public’s admiration of the style and elegance of the station approaches and booking hall and went on to describe the day’s events. In the morning, local juveniles swarmed into the station and spent their time playing boisterous games and dodging the duty policeman. Then later in the day, when the juveniles had finally been excluded, many top-hatted gents and their ladies came to promenade, no doubt adding some decorum to the proceedings, and to look at the architecturally pleasing buildings and general satisfaction was expressed. Finally as evening approached the gates were closed and none but passengers were allowed inside.
The Midland Railway
Midland Railway
The Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....
always suffered the indignity that its rival the Great Central Railway
Great Central Railway
The Great Central Railway was a railway company in England which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 in anticipation of the opening in 1899 of its London Extension . On 1 January 1923, it was grouped into the London and North Eastern...
crossed the top of Nottingham Midland station on a 170 feet (51.8 m) bowstring girder bridge. This became redundant in 1967 and was finally dismantled in the early 1980s. Plans exist to build a new tramway bridge over the station on the same alignment.
Other Nottingham stations
The Great Central RailwayGreat Central Railway
The Great Central Railway was a railway company in England which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 in anticipation of the opening in 1899 of its London Extension . On 1 January 1923, it was grouped into the London and North Eastern...
station was .
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....
stations were the high level and low level stations in London Road. For a brief period (1967–1969) Nottingham Victoria station having closed, the service from Nottingham to Rugby Central used a reopened Arkwright Street station
Nottingham Arkwright Street railway station
Nottingham Arkwright Street was a railway station in Nottingham on the former Great Central Main Line which ran from Manchester Piccadilly to London Marylebone...
(previously closed in 1963).
Nottingham station today
There are plans to redevelop the station which include more shops and Nottingham Express TransitNottingham Express Transit
Nottingham Express Transit is a light-rail tramway in the Nottingham area in England. The first line opened to the public on 9 March 2004, having cost £200 million to construct. The scheme took sixteen years from conception to implementation...
trams running over the top of the station. http://www.bdp.co.uk/urbanism/work/nottinghamstation/default.asp
The station has six platforms. Platforms 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are halved into A and B to accommodate two trains on each platform.
Platform 1 is used mainly for trains to Lincoln Central. Semi-fast services from London St Pancras terminate at this platform. Some CrossCountry
CrossCountry
CrossCountry is the brand name of XC Trains Ltd., a British train operating company owned by Arriva...
trains services to Birmingham New Street and Cardiff Central
Cardiff Central railway station
Cardiff Central railway station is a major railway station on the South Wales Main Line in Cardiff, Wales.It is the largest and busiest station in Wales and one of the major stations of the British rail network, the tenth busiest station in the United Kingdom outside of London , based on 2007/08...
call at the platform also.
Platform 2 is a bay platform
Bay platform
Bay platform is a railway-related term commonly used in the UK and Australia to describe a dead-end platform at a railway station that has through lines...
at the eastern end of the station which accommodates terminating trains from Newark
Newark-on-Trent
Newark-on-Trent is a market town in Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands region of England. It stands on the River Trent, the A1 , and the East Coast Main Line railway. The origins of the town are possibly Roman as it lies on an important Roman road, the Fosse Way...
and Grantham
Grantham
Grantham is a market town within the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It bestrides the East Coast Main Line railway , the historic A1 main north-south road, and the River Witham. Grantham is located approximately south of the city of Lincoln, and approximately east of Nottingham...
directions but mainly the hourly East Midlands Trains (EMT)
East Midlands Trains
East Midlands Trains is a British passenger train operating company. Based in Derby, it provides train services in the East Midlands, chiefly in the counties of Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Northamptonshire, and between the East Midlands and London...
service to Skegness
Skegness railway station
Skegness railway station serves the seaside resort of Skegness in Lincolnshire, England.Services are operated by East Midlands Trains which run to and from Nottingham, where services originate or terminate.-History:...
via Boston
Boston railway station
Boston railway station serves the town of Boston in Lincolnshire, England. Services are operated by East Midlands Trains.-History:The station has declined in importance since the 1960s. In its heyday the station employed over 50 staff and had two through tracks and cover over the platform tracks...
.
Matlock railway station
Matlock Railway Station is a railway station owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains. It is located in the Derbyshire town of Matlock in Derbyshire, England. The station is now currently the terminus of both the Derwent Valley Line from Derby and Peak Rail who operate heritage...
, long distance EMT services to Norwich
Norwich railway station
Norwich is a railway station serving the city of Norwich in the English county of Norfolk. The station is the northern terminus of the Great Eastern Main Line from London Liverpool Street. It is also the terminus of railway lines from Ely, Sheringham, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.-History:At one...
via Grantham
Grantham railway station
Grantham railway station serves the town of Grantham in Lincolnshire, England and lies on the East Coast Main Line north of London Kings Cross.-Description:Junctions near the town also connect to branches to Nottingham, and to Sleaford and Skegness...
, Peterborough
Peterborough railway station
Peterborough railway station serves the city of Peterborough, England. It is located approximately north of London Kings Cross on the East Coast Main Line...
, Ely
Ely railway station
Ely railway station serves the city of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England. The station lies on the Fen Line from Cambridge to King's Lynn, which is electrified at 25 kV AC overhead...
& Thetford
Thetford railway station
Thetford railway station is a railway station serving the town of Thetford in the English county of Norfolk. It is served by local services operated by National Express East Anglia on the Breckland Line and Long distance East Midlands Trains services. It lies 49 km west of Norwich on the line to...
, early morning EMT services to London St. Pancras and Northern Rail
Northern Rail
Northern Rail is a British train operating company that has operated local passenger services in Northern England since 2004. Northern Rail's owner, Serco-Abellio, is a consortium formed of Abellio and Serco, an international operator of public transport systems...
services to via Sheffield & Barnsley.
Platform 4 is mainly used for the EMT fast service to London St. Pancras via Leicester
Leicester railway station
Leicester railway station serves the City of Leicester in Leicestershire, England.As of late 2009 Leicester is a Penalty fare station, a valid ticket or Permit to travel must be shown when requested.-Background:...
and Market Harborough
Market Harborough railway station
Market Harborough railway station serves the town of Market Harborough in Leicestershire, England. It lies on the Midland Main Line, 16 miles south-east of Leicester and is served by the fast and semi-fast East Midlands Trains Class 222 "Meridian"/HST services...
, including EMT local services to Mansfield Woodhouse
Mansfield Woodhouse railway station
Mansfield Woodhouse railway station serves the town of Mansfield Woodhouse which adjoins the larger town of Mansfield. They are located in Nottinghamshire, England.The station on the Robin Hood Line between Nottingham and Worksop.-Services:...
and Worksop
Worksop railway station
Worksop railway station serves the town of Worksop in Nottinghamshire, England.Opened in July 1849 by the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway, part of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, it is today an intermediate stop on the regional service from Lincoln Central to...
.
Platform 5 is commonly used for trains to Liverpool Lime Street
Liverpool Lime Street railway station
Liverpool Lime Street is a railway station serving the city centre of Liverpool, England. The station lies on a branch of the West Coast Main Line from London Euston, and on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network...
, calling at Alfreton
Alfreton railway station
Alfreton railway station serves the town of Alfreton in Derbyshire, England. The station is on the Erewash Valley Line 29 km north of Nottingham....
, Chesterfield
Chesterfield railway station
Entrance to the station is on Crow Lane and includes a car park, taxi rank and bus stop. There is also a small car park on the other side of Crow Lane which does not have a parking charge. The main entrance leads to the station concourse, which is very spacious and was built in the late 1990s. It...
, Sheffield, Stockport
Stockport railway station
Stockport railway station is in Greater Manchester, England, 8 miles south-east of Manchester Piccadilly station on the West Coast Main Line from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston. It was opened on 15 February 1843 by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, following completion of the large...
, Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Oxford Road
Manchester Oxford Road railway station
Manchester Oxford Road Railway Station is a railway station in the city of Manchester, England. The station is located at the junction of Whitworth Street West and Oxford Street, on an elevated line between Deansgate and Piccadilly stations....
, Warrington Central
Warrington Central railway station
Warrington Central railway station is one of two main railway stations serving the town of Warrington in the north-west of England. It is located on the southern route of the Liverpool to Manchester Line , and is situated around halfway between the two cities...
, Widnes
Widnes railway station
Widnes railway station is a railway station in the town of Widnes, in the Halton unitary authority, in the county of Cheshire in North West England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building...
and Liverpool South Parkway
Liverpool South Parkway railway station
Liverpool South Parkway station is a railway station and bus interchange in the Garston district of Liverpool, England. It serves, via a bus link, Liverpool John Lennon Airport in the neighbouring suburb of Speke....
and by CrossCountry
CrossCountry
CrossCountry is the brand name of XC Trains Ltd., a British train operating company owned by Arriva...
trains to Birmingham New Street.
Platform 6 is commonly used for Ivanhoe Line trains to Leicester
Leicester railway station
Leicester railway station serves the City of Leicester in Leicestershire, England.As of late 2009 Leicester is a Penalty fare station, a valid ticket or Permit to travel must be shown when requested.-Background:...
and also by certain Birmingham and Cardiff CrossCountry
CrossCountry
CrossCountry is the brand name of XC Trains Ltd., a British train operating company owned by Arriva...
trains.
About 15,000 people pass through the station each day. Station Street tram stop
Station Street tram stop
Station Street is a tram stop on the Nottingham Express Transit network, opened in March 2004. The stop is the southern terminus of the single line route, and is located on Station Street, directly opposite Nottingham railway station...
is connected to the station concourse via a pedestrian bridge.
The station has the PlusBus
PLUSBUS
PLUSBUS is an add-on ticket, which can be purchased with rail tickets in Great Britain. It allows unlimited travel on participating bus operators' services in the whole urban area of rail-served towns and cities.-History:...
scheme where train and bus tickets can be bought together at a saving. It is in the same area as , , and stations.
As part of remodelling the station, there are plans to redevelop and refurbish it. The first refurbishment is to reconstruct the railway bridge. It was refurbished with repainting and stronger supports. It cannot be demolished because it is a Grade II* listed building. Next was to construct a First Class lounge. It was constructed by Network Rail
Network Rail
Network Rail is the government-created owner and operator of most of the rail infrastructure in Great Britain .; it is not responsible for railway infrastructure in Northern Ireland...
and funded by East Midlands Trains
East Midlands Trains
East Midlands Trains is a British passenger train operating company. Based in Derby, it provides train services in the East Midlands, chiefly in the counties of Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Northamptonshire, and between the East Midlands and London...
and Nottingham City Council
Nottingham City Council
Nottingham City Council is the non-metropolitan district council for the unitary authority of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire. It consists of 55 councillors, representing a total of 20 wards, elected every four years. It is led by Jon Collins, of the majority Labour Party. The deputy leader of the...
. It was opened on 14 December 2008, when the timetable change commenced. Nottingham City Council planned to construct a multi-storey car park. There were protests not to construct the car park because of taking natural light from the station. Plans were to reconstruct the whole station. This includes the ticket office, main concourse and the platforms. The council want to call the station The Hub.
During May 2009, work started to construct automatic ticket gates at Nottingham station. As of late 2009 Nottingham is a Penalty fare
Penalty fare
On the United Kingdom's public transport systems, a penalty fare is a special fare charged at a higher than normal price because the purchaser did not comply with the normal ticket purchasing rules...
station.
Train Services
- London services, XC servicesThe following services currently call at Nottingham:
| Operator | Route | Material | Frequency | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Midlands Trains East Midlands Trains East Midlands Trains is a British passenger train operating company. Based in Derby, it provides train services in the East Midlands, chiefly in the counties of Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Northamptonshire, and between the East Midlands and London... |
Liverpool Lime Street Liverpool Lime Street railway station Liverpool Lime Street is a railway station serving the city centre of Liverpool, England. The station lies on a branch of the West Coast Main Line from London Euston, and on the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network... - Liverpool South Parkway Liverpool South Parkway railway station Liverpool South Parkway station is a railway station and bus interchange in the Garston district of Liverpool, England. It serves, via a bus link, Liverpool John Lennon Airport in the neighbouring suburb of Speke.... - Widnes Widnes railway station Widnes railway station is a railway station in the town of Widnes, in the Halton unitary authority, in the county of Cheshire in North West England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building... - Warrington Central Warrington Central railway station Warrington Central railway station is one of two main railway stations serving the town of Warrington in the north-west of England. It is located on the southern route of the Liverpool to Manchester Line , and is situated around halfway between the two cities... - Manchester Oxford Road Manchester Oxford Road railway station Manchester Oxford Road Railway Station is a railway station in the city of Manchester, England. The station is located at the junction of Whitworth Street West and Oxford Street, on an elevated line between Deansgate and Piccadilly stations.... - Manchester Piccadilly - Stockport Stockport railway station Stockport railway station is in Greater Manchester, England, 8 miles south-east of Manchester Piccadilly station on the West Coast Main Line from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston. It was opened on 15 February 1843 by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, following completion of the large... - Sheffield - (Dronfield Dronfield railway station Dronfield railway station serves the town of Dronfield in Derbyshire, England , south of Sheffield, on the Midland Main Line between Chesterfield and Sheffield.... ) - Chesterfield Chesterfield railway station Entrance to the station is on Crow Lane and includes a car park, taxi rank and bus stop. There is also a small car park on the other side of Crow Lane which does not have a parking charge. The main entrance leads to the station concourse, which is very spacious and was built in the late 1990s. It... - Alfreton Alfreton railway station Alfreton railway station serves the town of Alfreton in Derbyshire, England. The station is on the Erewash Valley Line 29 km north of Nottingham.... - (Langley Mill Langley Mill railway station Langley Mill railway station on the Erewash Valley Line serves the village of Langley Mill and the towns of Heanor in Derbyshire and Eastwood in Nottinghamshire, England... ) - Nottingham - Grantham Grantham railway station Grantham railway station serves the town of Grantham in Lincolnshire, England and lies on the East Coast Main Line north of London Kings Cross.-Description:Junctions near the town also connect to branches to Nottingham, and to Sleaford and Skegness... - Peterborough Peterborough railway station Peterborough railway station serves the city of Peterborough, England. It is located approximately north of London Kings Cross on the East Coast Main Line... - Ely Ely railway station Ely railway station serves the city of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England. The station lies on the Fen Line from Cambridge to King's Lynn, which is electrified at 25 kV AC overhead... - (Brandon Brandon railway station Brandon railway station serves the town of Brandon in Suffolk, England, although the station is actually situated across the county boundary in Norfolk. The station is managed by National Express East Anglia, which provides services east to Thetford, Attleborough, Wymondham and Norwich, and west... ) - Thetford Thetford railway station Thetford railway station is a railway station serving the town of Thetford in the English county of Norfolk. It is served by local services operated by National Express East Anglia on the Breckland Line and Long distance East Midlands Trains services. It lies 49 km west of Norwich on the line to... - (Attleborough Attleborough railway station Attleborough railway station is a railway station serving the town of Attleborough in the English county of Norfolk. It is served by local services operated by East Midlands Trains and on the Breckland Line 16 miles west of Norwich to Peterborough and Cambridge.A new Ticket Office opened in 2008... - Wymondham Wymondham railway station Wymondham is a railway station in the town of Wymondham in the English county of Norfolk. The station is served by local services operated by East Midlands Trains and National Express East Anglia on the Breckland Line 17 km west of Norwich to Peterborough and Cambridge.Wymondham station is... ) - Norwich Norwich railway station Norwich is a railway station serving the city of Norwich in the English county of Norfolk. The station is the northern terminus of the Great Eastern Main Line from London Liverpool Street. It is also the terminus of railway lines from Ely, Sheringham, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.-History:At one... |
Class 158 British Rail Class 158 British Rail Class 158 Express Sprinter is a diesel multiple-unit train, built for British Rail between 1989 and 1992 by BREL at its Derby Works. They were built to replace many locomotive-hauled passenger trains, and allowed cascading of existing Sprinter units to replace elderly 'heritage' DMUs... |
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| East Midlands Trains East Midlands Trains East Midlands Trains is a British passenger train operating company. Based in Derby, it provides train services in the East Midlands, chiefly in the counties of Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Northamptonshire, and between the East Midlands and London... |
Matlock Matlock railway station Matlock Railway Station is a railway station owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains. It is located in the Derbyshire town of Matlock in Derbyshire, England. The station is now currently the terminus of both the Derwent Valley Line from Derby and Peak Rail who operate heritage... - Matlock Bath Matlock Bath railway station Matlock Bath railway station is a railway station owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains Train operating company . It is located in the village of Matlock Bath in Derbyshire, England... - Cromford Cromford railway station Cromford railway station is a railway station owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains Train operating company . It is located in the village of Cromford in Derbyshire, England... - Whatstandwell Whatstandwell railway station Whatstandwell railway station is a railway station owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains Train operating company . It serves the villages of Whatstandwell and Crich Carr in Derbyshire, England... - Ambergate Ambergate railway station Ambergate railway station is a railway station owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains Train operating company . It serves the village of Ambergate in Derbyshire... - Belper Belper railway station Belper railway station is a railway station serving the town of Belper in Derbyshire. The station is located on the Midland Main Line from Derby to Leeds.-Description:... - Duffield Duffield railway station Duffield railway station is a railway station serving the village of Duffield in Derbyshire, England. The station is located on the Midland Main Line from Derby to Leeds... - Derby - (Spondon Spondon railway station Spondon railway station serves Spondon in Derby, England. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Trains train operating company . Spondon is a penalty fare station if travelling with EMT... ) - Long Eaton Long Eaton railway station Long Eaton railway station serves the town of Long Eaton in Derbyshire, in the United Kingdom. It lies on the Midland Main Line and the Derby - Nottingham line south east of Derby... - Attenborough Attenborough railway station Attenborough railway station serves Attenborough in Nottinghamshire, England.As of late 2009 Attenborough is a Penalty fare station when travelling on East Midlands Trains services and the Pertis machine must be used which is located on the Derby bound platform.-History:Built as a halt known as... - Beeston Beeston railway station Beeston railway station is a railway station on the Midland Main Line which serves the town of Beeston in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies south west of Nottingham railway station... - Nottingham |
Class 158 British Rail Class 158 British Rail Class 158 Express Sprinter is a diesel multiple-unit train, built for British Rail between 1989 and 1992 by BREL at its Derby Works. They were built to replace many locomotive-hauled passenger trains, and allowed cascading of existing Sprinter units to replace elderly 'heritage' DMUs... |
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| East Midlands Trains East Midlands Trains East Midlands Trains is a British passenger train operating company. Based in Derby, it provides train services in the East Midlands, chiefly in the counties of Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Northamptonshire, and between the East Midlands and London... |
Worksop Worksop railway station Worksop railway station serves the town of Worksop in Nottinghamshire, England.Opened in July 1849 by the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway, part of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, it is today an intermediate stop on the regional service from Lincoln Central to... - Whitwell Whitwell railway station Whitwell railway station serves the village of Whitwell in Derbyshire, England. The station is on the Robin Hood Line 7 km south west of Worksop towards Nottingham.-Service:... - Creswell Creswell railway station Creswell railway station serves the village Creswell in Derbyshire, England. The station is on the Robin Hood Line between Nottingham and Worksop. It is also the nearest station to the larger village of Clowne.... - Langwith-Whaley Thorns Langwith-Whaley Thorns railway station Langwith-Whaley Thorns railway station is in Derbyshire, England. The station is on the Robin Hood Line 36 km north of Nottingham towards Worksop... - Shirebrook Shirebrook railway station Shirebrook railway station serves the town of Shirebrook in Derbyshire, England. The station is on the Robin Hood Line, 35 km north of Nottingham towards Worksop.The line and the station were built by the Midland Railway... - Mansfield Woodhouse Mansfield Woodhouse railway station Mansfield Woodhouse railway station serves the town of Mansfield Woodhouse which adjoins the larger town of Mansfield. They are located in Nottinghamshire, England.The station on the Robin Hood Line between Nottingham and Worksop.-Services:... - Mansfield Mansfield railway station Mansfield railway station 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... - Sutton Parkway Sutton Parkway railway station Sutton Parkway railway station serves the town of Sutton-in-Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, England. The station is north of Nottingham on the Robin Hood Line.-Services:... - Kirkby-in-Ashfield Kirkby-in-Ashfield railway station Kirkby-in-Ashfield railway station serves the town of Kirkby-in-Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, England. The station is on the Robin Hood Line operated by East Midlands Trains between Nottingham and Worksop .-History:... - Newstead Newstead railway station Newstead railway station serves the village of Newstead in Nottinghamshire, England.Newstead was the original terminus of the Robin Hood Line when it was re-opened in 1993. The line has since been extended to Mansfield and Worksop... - Hucknall Hucknall station Hucknall station is a railway station and tram stop in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England.It is located on the Robin Hood Line north of Nottingham and is also the northern terminus of the Nottingham Express Transit.The station has park and ride facilities... - Bulwell Bulwell station Bulwell station is a railway station and tram stop in Bulwell, Nottingham, England.It is located on the Robin Hood Line and the Hucknall branch of the Nottingham Express Transit.... - Nottingham |
Class 153 British Rail Class 153 The British Rail Class 153 Super Sprinter is a single car diesel multiple unit converted from British Rail Class 155s.-Description:These units were originally built as two-car Class 155 units by British Leyland from 1987–88, but were converted by Hunslet-Barclay at Kilmarnock from 1991-92... , Class 156 British Rail Class 156 The British Rail Class 156 Super Sprinter is a diesel multiple-unit train . 114 of these units were built from 1987 to 1989 by Metro-Cammell at its Washwood Heath Works in Birmingham... |
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| East Midlands Trains East Midlands Trains East Midlands Trains is a British passenger train operating company. Based in Derby, it provides train services in the East Midlands, chiefly in the counties of Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Northamptonshire, and between the East Midlands and London... |
Mansfield Woodhouse Mansfield Woodhouse railway station Mansfield Woodhouse railway station serves the town of Mansfield Woodhouse which adjoins the larger town of Mansfield. They are located in Nottinghamshire, England.The station on the Robin Hood Line between Nottingham and Worksop.-Services:... - Mansfield Mansfield railway station Mansfield railway station 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... - Sutton Parkway Sutton Parkway railway station Sutton Parkway railway station serves the town of Sutton-in-Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, England. The station is north of Nottingham on the Robin Hood Line.-Services:... - Kirkby-in-Ashfield Kirkby-in-Ashfield railway station Kirkby-in-Ashfield railway station serves the town of Kirkby-in-Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, England. The station is on the Robin Hood Line operated by East Midlands Trains between Nottingham and Worksop .-History:... - Newstead Newstead railway station Newstead railway station serves the village of Newstead in Nottinghamshire, England.Newstead was the original terminus of the Robin Hood Line when it was re-opened in 1993. The line has since been extended to Mansfield and Worksop... - Hucknall Hucknall station Hucknall station is a railway station and tram stop in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England.It is located on the Robin Hood Line north of Nottingham and is also the northern terminus of the Nottingham Express Transit.The station has park and ride facilities... - Bulwell Bulwell station Bulwell station is a railway station and tram stop in Bulwell, Nottingham, England.It is located on the Robin Hood Line and the Hucknall branch of the Nottingham Express Transit.... - Nottingham |
Class 153 British Rail Class 153 The British Rail Class 153 Super Sprinter is a single car diesel multiple unit converted from British Rail Class 155s.-Description:These units were originally built as two-car Class 155 units by British Leyland from 1987–88, but were converted by Hunslet-Barclay at Kilmarnock from 1991-92... , Class 156 British Rail Class 156 The British Rail Class 156 Super Sprinter is a diesel multiple-unit train . 114 of these units were built from 1987 to 1989 by Metro-Cammell at its Washwood Heath Works in Birmingham... |
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Services
Network Rail plan to spend £100m on track improvement schemes on the Midland Main LineMidland Main Line
The Midland Main Line is a major railway route in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system.The present-day line links London St...
, which will cut the journey time from 104 minutes to 90 minutes by 2011 between London and Nottingham.
Current off-peak services from the station include:
1tph to London St Pancras (fast) via , and (East Midlands Trains
East Midlands Trains
East Midlands Trains is a British passenger train operating company. Based in Derby, it provides train services in the East Midlands, chiefly in the counties of Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Northamptonshire, and between the East Midlands and London...
)
1tph to London St Pancras (slow) via , Leicester, , , and (East Midlands Trains)
1tph to via , Manchester Piccadilly
Manchester Piccadilly station
Manchester Piccadilly is the principal railway station in Manchester, England. It serves intercity routes to London Euston, Birmingham New Street, South Wales, the south coast of England, Edinburgh and Glasgow Central, and routes throughout northern England...
and (East Midlands Trains)
1tph to via , and (East Midlands Trains)
2tph to , with 1tph continuing to (East Midlands Trains)
1tph to via (East Midlands Trains)
1tph to Leicester via (East Midlands Trains)
1tph to via (East Midlands Trains)
1tph to via (East Midlands Trains)
2tph to via Derby with 1tph continuing to via (CrossCountry
CrossCountry
CrossCountry is the brand name of XC Trains Ltd., a British train operating company owned by Arriva...
)
1tph to via Sheffield (Northern Rail
Northern Rail
Northern Rail is a British train operating company that has operated local passenger services in Northern England since 2004. Northern Rail's owner, Serco-Abellio, is a consortium formed of Abellio and Serco, an international operator of public transport systems...
)
There is also an early morning service to via Birmingham New Street, and provided by CrossCountry
CrossCountry
CrossCountry is the brand name of XC Trains Ltd., a British train operating company owned by Arriva...
. This service departs at 06:37.
Glasgow Trains
Glasgow Trains
Glasgow Trains is a proposed open access rail operator in Great Britain from Renaissance Trains. They would offer a twice daily direct service between Liverpool and Glasgow with intermediate stops at Preston and Carlisle...
are looking into possibilities of running a direct service from Nottingham to . Their plans have yet to be approved, however.
Trivia
Punk band The ClashThe Clash
The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
played a gig at Nottingham station as part of their 'Back to Basics' busking tour in the mid-eighties. The gig took place at midnight.