Kirkby-in-Ashfield railway station

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Kirkby-in-Ashfield
Location
Place	Kirkby-in-Ashfield
Local authority	Ashfield
Operations
Station code	KKB
Managed by	East Midlands Trains
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.155 million
2005/06 *	0.155 million
History
Key dates	Opened November 1996
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kirkby-in-Ashfield from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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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 operated by East Midlands Trains between Nottingham and Worksop .

Contents 1 Services 2 Future 3 Facilities 4 Local Transport Connections 5 External links

[edit] Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes there is generally a half-hourly service from Kirkby-in-Ashfield to southbound to Nottingham. There are two trains per hour northbound, one terminating at Mansfield Woodhouse and the other at Worksop. Evenings hourly in each direction and no service on Sundays

[edit] Future

Former operator Central Trains has been replaced by a new company called East Midlands Trains from November 2007 which operates all services in the East Midlands. The franchise is operated by the Stagecoach group who have announced the introduction of an hourly Sunday service from December 2008. A new timetable will come into force from December 8th.

[edit] Facilities

The station is located 1/4 of a 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Kirkby-in-Ashfield railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Newstead		East Midlands Trains Robin Hood Line		Sutton Parkway