Long Eaton railway station

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Long Eaton
Location
Place	Long Eaton
Local authority	Erewash
Operations
Station code	LGE
Managed by	East Midlands Trains
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2005/06 *	0.426 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1888
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Long Eaton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Long Eaton railway station serves the town of Long Eaton in Derbyshire. It lies on the Midland Main Line and the Derby - Nottingham line 12km (8 miles) south east of Derby. The station is managed by East Midlands Trains although CrossCountry operate the majority of services.

The usable length of the station platforms are shorter than the express trains which stop here, so passengers arriving from London, Derby or Sheffield will usually have to get off from the front four carriages. Elderly passengers or those with pushchairs, heavy luggage or bicycles wishing to alight at Loughborough should take particular care to board the correct portion of the train. Cycles may have to be stored in vestibules away from the cycle lockers depending on the orientation of the train

The line was originally opened by the Midland Counties Railway in 1839, which shortly joined the North Midland Railway and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway to form the Midland Railway.

Originally Sawley Junction, Long Eaton is the fourth station of that name. The original Long Eaton stations were further north.

The first Sawley station was a mile out of the village on Sawley Lane, Breaston. First used in 1839, when the line opened, it was the third station from Nottingham. It was originally called Breaston, but the name was changed to avoid confusion with Beeston.

This station at Sawley Junction opened in 1888 on Tamworth Road. Since another station had been opened not far away at Draycott in 1852, the original Sawley closed in 1930.

[edit] Services

The usual Monday - Saturday service pattern is as follows:

• There is generally a half-hourly CrossCountry service eastbound to Nottingham and westbound towards Birmingham New Street (also calling at Derby).
• There is an hourly extension to the CrossCountry Birmingham New Street service which terminates at Cardiff Central.
• An hourly East Midlands Trains service between London St. Pancras and Derby also calls at Long Eaton.

• Operators generally offer half these services on Sundays.

• East Midlands Trains Mainline services from Leeds, Sheffield and London run through at high speed, but do not stop. Interchange with Mainline services can be made at Derby and Loughborough.

The station is staffed between 06:00 and 17:30 during the day time, and has an automatic ticket machine installed externally which can be used 24/7.

[edit] References

• The Nottingham and Derby Railway Companion, (1839) Republished 1979 with Foreword by J.B.Radford, Derbyshire Record Society
• Banks, C., (1996) British Railways Past and Present: Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, Past and Present Publishing Ltd.
• Higginson, M, (1989) The Midland Counties Railway: A Pictorial Survey, Derby: Midland Railway Trust.

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Long Eaton railway station from National Rail

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