Bingham railway station

This article is about the station in Nottinghamshire. For the tram stop in Ontario, see Bingham Loop. For the closed station in London, see Bingham Road railway station.

Bingham
National Rail
General information
LocationBingham, Rushcliffe
England
Grid referenceSK705401
Managed byEast Midlands Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBIN
ClassificationDfT category F1
History
Opened1850
Passengers
2019/20Increase 79,410
2020/21Decrease 14,442
2021/22Increase 55,774
2022/23Increase 63,540
2023/24Decrease 61,816
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Bingham railway station serves the market town of Bingham, Nottinghamshire, England. The station is 8½ miles (14 km) east of Nottingham on the Nottingham-Skegness Line. The station is operated and served by East Midlands Railway.

History

Bingham station on 13 July 1963

Passenger services started on 15 July 1850.[1] It is located on the line first opened by the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway and taken over by the Great Northern Railway.[2] The buildings were designed by Thomas Chambers Hine.[3]

In 1851 the first station master, Thomas Hand, absconded with five days' takings from passengers travelling to the Nottingham Fair.[4]

Between 1879 and 1953, Bingham was also served by Bingham Road station on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway. It was used for London and North Western Railway services between Nottingham London Road and stations to Northampton.

From 7 January 1963 passenger steam trains between Grantham, Bottesford, Elton and Orston, Aslockton, Bingham, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Netherfield and Colwick, Nottingham London-road (High Level) and Nottingham (Victoria) were replaced by diesel multiple-unit trains.[5]

Station masters

  • Thomas Hand, 1850–1851[4]
  • Robert John Nicholson, c. 1865
  • J. W. Page (afterwards station master at Harby and Stathern)
  • Charles Richardson, 1877–1898[6]
  • George Tagg 1898
  • Mr Chandler, up to 1902[7] (afterwards station master at Little Bytham)
  • John Thomas James, c. 1913
  • A. Smith, up to 1937[8] (afterwards station master at Loughborough Central)
  • Albert S. Langford, c. 1940 – 1949[9]
  • F. L. Cantwell, c. 1959–1961
  • J. H. Fisher, from 1961

Services

There is generally an hourly service daily westbound to Nottingham and eastbound towards Grantham and Skegness.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
East Midlands Railway
Disused railways
Radcliffe-on-Trent   Great Northern Railway
Nottingham to Grantham
Nottingham to Newark 		  Aslockton

References

  1. ^ "Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway". Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties. England. 12 July 1850. Retrieved 29 June 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ Kingscott, G., (2004) Lost Railways of Nottinghamshire, Newbury: Countryside Books
  3. ^ "The Ambergate Railway". Nottinghamshire Guardian. England. 18 July 1850. Retrieved 29 June 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ a b "Gleanings". Durham County Advertiser. England. 17 October 1851. Retrieved 8 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Train Service Alterations from Monday". Grantham Journal. England. 4 January 1963. Retrieved 18 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Presentation to the Bingham Great Northern Station Master". Nottingham Journal. England. 5 November 1898. Retrieved 8 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Great Northern Railway promotion". Stamford Mercury. England. 30 May 1902. Retrieved 8 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "The L.N.E.R announce…". Nottingham Journal. England. 15 January 1937. Retrieved 8 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Bingham". Newark Advertiser. England. 12 October 1949. Retrieved 8 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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