Thurgarton railway station

Thurgarton
National Rail
General information
LocationThurgarton, Newark and Sherwood
England
Grid referenceSK697484
Managed byEast Midlands Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeTHU
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Opened3 August 1846
Passengers
2019/20Increase 4,338
2020/21Decrease 324
2021/22Increase 1,728
2022/23Decrease 1,584
2023/24Increase 2,518
Listed Building – Grade II
FeatureThurgarton Railway Station. Principal Passenger Buildings
Designated21 November 1974
Reference no.1179030[1]
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Thurgarton railway station is a Grade II listed[1] station which serves the small village of Thurgarton in Nottinghamshire, England.

History

It is on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line, which was engineered by George Stephenson and opened by the Midland Railway on 3 August 1846.[2] The contractors for the line were Craven and Son of Newark and Nottingham;[2] the station buildings are in the neo-Tudor style[3] and were probably designed by Thomas Chambers Hine.

At the station much of the original décor remains apart from the electric barriers added later.

Stationmasters

  • J. Howitt 1846 - 1865
  • C. Brown 1865 - 1866
  • John Kind 1866 - 1898[4]
  • Job Frederick Fisher 1898 - 1921 (formerly station master at Bleasby)
  • Sidney Richard Holden ca. 1924 - 1932 (afterwards station master at Ullesthorpe)[5]
  • J.F. Georgeson from 1937[6] (also station master at Lowdham)
  • H. Simpson ca. 1950

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and offers limited facilities other than two shelters, timetables and modern help points. The full range of tickets can be purchased from the guard on the train at no extra cost as there are no ticket issuing facilities at this station.[7]

Services

All services at Thurgarton are operated by East Midlands Railway.

The typical off-peak service is:[8]

The station is also served by a small number of trains between Leicester, Nottingham and Lincoln.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
East Midlands Railway

See also

  • 17 May 2008
    17 May 2008
  • 17 May 2008
    17 May 2008
  • 17 May 2008
    17 May 2008

References

  1. ^ a b Historic England, "Thurgarton Railway Station. Principal Passenger Buildings (1179030)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 January 2017
  2. ^ a b "Opening of the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway". Lincolnshire Chronicle. England. 7 August 1846. Retrieved 2 March 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth; Hartwell, Clare (2020). The Buildings of England. Nottinghamshire. Yale University Press. p. 663. ISBN 9780300247831.
  4. ^ "From Day to Day". Nottingham Journal. England. 26 August 1898. Retrieved 26 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Mr. S.R. Holden". Leicester Evening Mail. England. 18 February 1939. Retrieved 26 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Railway News". Crewe Chronicle. England. 11 September 1937. Retrieved 26 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Thurgarton station information". East Midlands Railway. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  8. ^ Table 27 National Rail timetable, May 2020
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