Alfreton railway station

18+1⁄4 miles (29.4 km) north of Nottingham and 9+3⁄4 miles (15.7 km) south of Chesterfield.

Alfreton is a penalty fare station when travelling on East Midlands Railway services.

History

Alfreton railway station in 2008

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 closed the station to passengers on 2 January 1967, due to the Beeching Axe, and the buildings and platforms were subsequently demolished.

When the station reopened 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 passenger service of its own, making it at the time one of the largest towns in Britain without such a service. Following the reopening of the Robin Hood Line in 1995, Mansfield station re-opened, ^[3] so Alfreton station reverted to its original name.

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

Facilities

The station is staffed through the day, with the ticket office open 06:45 - 18:00 Mondays - Saturdays and 10:30 - 18:00 Sundays. A ticket machine is provided in the main building for use outside these times and for collecting pre-paid tickets. Toilets are located on platform 1, whilst platform 2 (southbound) has a waiting shelter only. Train running information is provided by digital CIS screens, automatic announcements, timetable posters and a customer help point on platform 1.

Step-free access is only available for platform 1, as the barrow crossing at the station has been closed and the footbridge linking the platforms has stairs. ^[4] People who cannot use the footbridge (eg wheelchair users) are required to make a rail journey to the stations at Nottingham or Chesterfield, and back, to cross platforms using lifts at these stations.

Services

There is generally an hourly East Midlands Railway Local service northbound to Liverpool Lime Street via Sheffield and southbound to Norwich via Nottingham. ^[5]

Northern Trains run an hourly service between Nottingham and Leeds that stops at Alfreton. This service started from the December 2008 timetable change. From 2 April 2017, southbound services began to stop at the newly opened station at Ilkeston. ^{[6] [7]}

Alfreton
Alfreton railway station as opened in 1973
General information
Location	Alfreton, Borough of Amber Valley England
Grid reference	SK422561
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	ALF
Classification	DfT category E
Key dates
1 May 1862	Opened as Alfreton
7 November 1891	Renamed Alfreton and South Normanton
2 January 1967	Closed
7 May 1973	Reopened as Alfreton and Mansfield Parkway
1995	Renamed Alfreton
Passengers
2018/19	0.314 million

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Nottingham		East Midlands Railway Liverpool-Norwich		Chesterfield
Langley Mill Limited Service
Langley Mill		Northern Trains Nottingham-Leeds

References

1. Butt 1995 , p. 15
2. Quick 2009, p. 57.
3. Town's Railway Station comes one step closer. Mansfield Reports 1993/94, p.2 Mansfield District Council. Accessed 28 April 2021
4. Alfreton station facilities National Rail Enquiries
5. Table 49 National Rail timetable, May 2017
6. "Ilkeston Railway Station – Unofficial discussion, news, developments, information". www.ilkestonrailwaystation.co.uk.
7. Table 34 National Rail timetable, May 2017

Further reading

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.
• Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN   978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC   612226077.

External links

• Train times and station information for Alfreton railway station from National Rail
• Station on navigable O.S. map

53°06′00″N1°22′12″W / 53.100°N 1.370°W / 53.100; -1.370