Alfreton railway station

Alfreton railway station serves the town of Alfreton in Derbyshire, England. The station is on the Erewash Valley Line 29 km (18¼ miles) north of Nottingham.

As of late 2009 Alfreton is a Penalty fare station when travelling on East Midlands Trains services.

History

Opened by the Midland Railway as Alfreton on 1 May 1862, the station was renamed Alfreton and South Normanton on 7 November 1891.^[1][2] It became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The British Railways Board then closed the station on 2 January 1967.

When the station re-opened on 7 May 1973, it was given the name Alfreton and Mansfield Parkway,^[1] as the nearby town of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire did not have a railway station of its own (in fact, it was the largest town in Britain without one). Following the re-opening of the Robin Hood Line in 1995, Mansfield had its own station again, and Alfreton station regained its original name, however there are still some road signs stating the former name.

When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by the Intercity Sector until the Privatisation of British Railways.

Services

There is generally an hourly East Midlands Trains Local service northbound to Sheffield (and beyond) and southbound to Nottingham (and beyond).

Northern Rail run an hourly service between Nottingham and Leeds that stops at Alfreton. This service started from the December 2008 timetable change.

A limited number of East Midlands Trains London services from Leeds, Sheffield and London run via the Erewash Valley Line and stop at Alfreton. At other times Interchange with London services can be made at Nottingham and Chesterfield.

References

Further reading

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 15. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 

External links

• Station on navigable O.S. map