General information | |||||
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Location | Nottingham, City of Nottingham England | ||||
Coordinates | 52°56′49″N1°08′46″W / 52.947°N 1.146°W | ||||
Grid reference | SK575392 | ||||
Managed by | East Midlands Railway | ||||
Platforms | 9 (7 National Rail & 2 NET (tram)) | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | NOT | ||||
Classification | DfT category B | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Midland Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Midland Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
22 May 1848 | Opened as Nottingham | ||||
16 January 1904 | New building opened | ||||
25 September 1950 | Renamed Nottingham City | ||||
18 June 1951 | Renamed Nottingham Midland | ||||
5 May 1969 | Renamed Nottingham | ||||
9 March 2004 | Station Street tram stop opened | ||||
2011–2014 | Redeveloped | ||||
27 July 2015 | Nottingham Station tram stop opened to replace Station Street | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 8.005 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.522 million | ||||
2019/20 | 7.865 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.478 million | ||||
2020/21 | 1.417 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.105 million | ||||
2021/22 | 5.202 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.323 million | ||||
2022/23 | 6.740 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.404 million | ||||
Listed Building –Grade II* | |||||
Designated | 12 July 1972 | ||||
Reference no. | Historic England listing reference 1271301 | ||||
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Nottingham station,briefly known as Nottingham City and for rather longer as Nottingham Midland,is a railway station and tram stop in the city of Nottingham. It is the principal railway station of Nottingham. It is also a nodal point on the city's tram system,with a tram stop that was originally called Station Street but is now known as Nottingham Station. It is the busiest station in Nottinghamshire,the busiest in the East Midlands,and the second busiest in the Midlands after Birmingham New Street. [1]
The station was first built by the Midland Railway (MR) in 1848 and rebuilt by the same company in 1904,with much of the current building dating from the later date. It is now owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway (EMR). Besides EMR trains,it is also served by CrossCountry and Northern trains and by Nottingham Express Transit (NET) trams.
The station was one of several that once served the city of Nottingham. Amongst these were the city centre stations of Nottingham Victoria on the Great Central Railway,and Nottingham London Road on the Great Northern Railway;both of these stations are now closed. A number of minor stations served localities outside the city centre,but the only such station to remain open within the city boundaries is Bulwell.
Nottingham's first station was Carrington Street station,which opened in May 1839,when the Midland Counties Railway opened the line from Nottingham to Derby. This terminus station was situated on the opposite side of Carrington Street from the current station,on a site now occupied by Nottingham Magistrates' Court. The original station gate posts still exist and form the pedestrian entrance to the Magistrates' Courts area.
In 1844,the Midland Counties Railway merged with two others into the Midland Railway. By 1848,the new company had outgrown Carrington Street station and new lines to Lincoln had been opened. A new through station was opened on the current station site on 22 May 1848,replacing the Carrington Street station. George Hall of Derby was the architect,and J.C. Hall of Nottingham the contractor [2] and it had its entrance on Station Street. During 1869,the Midland Railway purchased the West Croft Canal arm,filling it and building additional parallel tracks to south. [3]
During the 1880s,Nottingham station employed 170 staff.[ citation needed ] Although attractive when it first opened,by the early 20th century the station was quite cramped,having only three platforms.
On 18 August 1896,a light engine,running tender first,was passing through the station when it collided with six empty fish trucks. One of the trucks was thrown off the rails against a cast-iron column supporting the inner ends of the principals of the station roof and,when the column broke,a portion of the roof,measuring about 94 feet (29 m) by 56.5 feet (17.2 m),fell onto the platforms and track. Six people on the platform were injured. [4] [5]
When the Great Central Railway opened its Nottingham Victoria Station in 1900,the Midland Railway appointed Albert Edward Lambert, [6] a local Nottingham architect,to rebuild the Midland station. Lambert had been the architect for Great Central's station and,consequently,the two buildings had many similarities in their design. The station was rebuilt largely on the same site as the Station Street station,but the entrance was relocated onto Carrington Street. [7]
The first contract for the station buildings was awarded to Edward Wood and Sons of Derby on 23 January 1903,who were also awarded the contract for the buildings on platforms 1 and 2 on 16 September 1903. The contract for the buildings on platforms 4 and 5 was awarded to Kirk,Knight &Co of Sleaford on 18 June 1903,who were also responsible for building the parcels office (Forward House) on Station Street,which opened in November 1903. The structural steelwork and cast-ironwork was done by Handyside &Co. [8] and the Phoenix Foundry,both of Derby.[ citation needed ]
The station was built in an Edwardian Baroque Revival style at a cost of £1 million (£135.6 million in 2023) [9] and was described by the Nottingham Evening News on the eve of its opening (16 January 1904) as a "magnificent new block of buildings". The building used a mix of red brick,terracotta (used as a substitute for building stone) and faience (a glazed terracotta),with slate and glazed pitch roofs over the principal buildings. The carriage entrances have Art Nouveau wrought-iron gates. [10]
The station's forebuildings were opened to passengers without any formal ceremony on 17 January 1904,although next day the Evening News reported that the platforms were still in a state of chaos and were not expected to be ready for another nine months. However,it did note that "the result promises to be the provision for Nottingham of one of the most commodious and most convenient passenger stations in the country". The day began with the closure of the booking offices in the old station,after the last tickets were issued for the 5:25 a.m. London train and the new booking offices were opened in time to issue tickets for the 6:25 a.m. Erewash Valley train. No attempt was made to exclude the public from the building and many took the opportunity to view the new station buildings. The Evening News commented on the public's admiration of the style and elegance of the station approaches and booking hall;it went on to describe the day's events. [11]
The station became the property of the London,Midland and Scottish Railway,under the railway grouping of 1923. On Sunday 2 July 1939,the station was targeted by the Irish Republican Army [12] in an attack on eight stations in the Midlands under their S-Plan;the others being Leicester,Derby,Birmingham,Stoke,Coventry,Leamington Spa and Stafford. A bomb was left in a suitcase and exploded at 6:30 a.m. The glass roof of the cloak room and enquiry office was blown away. [13]
The station was nationalised in 1948,under the Transport Act 1947,becoming part of British Railways. Following the privatisation of the railways in the 1990s,ownership was transferred to Railtrack and subsequently to Network Rail.
For many years,the Midland Railway suffered the indignity of its rival,the Great Central Railway,crossing above the station on a 170-foot-long (52 m) bowstring girder bridge. This bridge became redundant in 1973 and was finally dismantled in the early 1980s. [14] The alignment was later used for a new tramway bridge. [15] : 8
With the opening of the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) in March 2004,Nottingham station became the southern terminus of the new tram line. The actual tram stop was located on Station Street,directly north of Nottingham railway station and partially over the Nottingham Canal. It was constructed on a separate right-of-way,built on top of part of the old Great Central Main Line viaduct that used to lead northwards to the separate Nottingham Victoria railway station. North of the former stop,the tram route diverged from the old railway route to join an on-street section through the centre of Nottingham. To the south,the route ended at the end of the viaduct,where a since demolished bridge used to carry the Great Central line over the station. In 2012,work started to extend Nottingham Express Transit south towards Toton Lane and Clifton South. [16]
The tram stop itself was substantial,with a small station building containing a waiting area housing steps and a lift to reach the street below. There was also a short footbridge over Station Street,which connected to the main railway station. Up to three trams could be accommodated on the two platform faces;the western platform had a single-length platform,while the eastern platform was an extended double-length platform. [16]
Plans for a multi-million pound refurbishment and redevelopment of the station were unveiled by junior government minister Norman Baker on 5 October 2010. [17] [18] [19] Under the scheme,the station's porte-cochère was to be made vehicle-free and the station's Grade II* listed buildings restored. The redevelopment also included the construction of another platform,more shops and a bridge to carry Nottingham Express Transit trams over the top of the station. [15] : 5, 8 [20]
The redevelopment was initially estimated to cost £67 million. [21] [22] East Midlands Development Agency stated they would contribute £9.5 million to the project,but had to reduce this amount following government cuts. [18] [23] In July 2009,the then Transport Minister,Sadiq Khan,gave conditional approval for the city council to use funds raised from their controversial Workplace Parking Levy to contribute to the redevelopment. [24]
The final funding was reorganised to be around £60 million,with Network Rail contributing £41 million,Nottingham City Council £14.8 million,EMDA £2.1 million,East Midlands Trains £1.6 million and the Railway Heritage Trust [25] £0.5 million. [18] [20]
In 2001,the architects Building Design Partnership (BDP) were appointed as the lead consultants, [26] : 3 [27] [28] [29] using the same team that had redeveloped Manchester Piccadilly based on an estimate of £550,000 [26] : 4 and in cooperation with Posford Rail,MVA,Jones Lang LaSalle and Bovis Lend Lease. [29]
BDP engaged Tuffin Ferraby Taylor to undertake surveys of all elements of the station dating from before 1918. [6] As well as an integrated NET tram station above platform 6, [15] : 5 the masterplan included an additional concourse [32] and safeguarding for an additional platform. [15] : 5
Between 2011 and 2012,a new multi-storey car park was constructed between platform 6 and Queen's Road,over the western half of the station's existing car park. [33] It was built by Vinci Construction [20] beginning in March 2011 and officially opened on 14 May 2012. [34]
The initial car park design had been put on hold in 2008,after being described as a "chicken coop". [35] [36] The final design for the car park has 2,107 coloured metal sheets on the outside,formed of 2.1-millimetre-thick copper and stainless steel (1.5 mm stainless,0.6 mm "Luvata" Copper). [36] [37] These panels are affixed to the car park using 8,000 cleats fixed to pre-cast channels in the concrete structure. [37] The new car park building has five storeys [38] and space for 950 cars. [39]
Schemes costing £19 million (in 2007) and then £14 million (in 2008) were proposed. [40] : 1 Remodelling and re-signalling costing £11.6 million were approved on 15 May 2009 by the Network Rail Investment Board [41] and took place as part of Control Period 4 (CP4),between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2014. [42] Nottingham station was partially closed for ten weeks during 2013 for the track and signalling work. [43] During the blockade,the western end of the station was closed to trains for 37 days and the eastern end for 10 days. [44]
Platform 4 was split to create two platforms. [45] [46] All four tracks at the western end were given bi-directional railway signalling,allowing a better choice of non-conflicting routes. [45] These lines are referred to as Line A,Line B,Line C and Line D. [47] : 61 Although all lines are bi-directional,their use is segregated,with services towards Sheffield and Mansfield focused on the northern pair of tracks,and services to Derby and Leicester focused on the southern pair of tracks. [42] [48] : 140 Line speeds for trains arriving from Chesterfield and the Robin Hood Line were increased from 35 miles per hour (56 km/h) to 50 miles per hour (80 km/h). [45] On 7 March 2012,Network Rail requested formal "network change" acceptance from the train operating companies. [48] [49]
Platform number | previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
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Platform length | 409 | 82 | 409 | 373 | 372 | 285 | ||
Platform number | post-2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Platform length | 343 | 90 | 296 | 112 | 150 | 290 | 268 |
On-site preparation works began in September 2011,with all new signal structures installed by June 2013 followed by the "Nottingham blockade";this itself lasted from July 2013 until the handover in September 2013. [48] : 141 The work was spread from Beeston,past Mansfield Junction,Nottingham West Junction and to Nottingham East Junction. [48] : 140 The blockade covered renewing 5.9 kilometres (3.7 mi) of track and adding or renewing 14 sets of pointwork. [48] : 140
The station has three entrances Carrington Street (west),Trent Street/Station Street (north),and Queen's Road (south). The north and south entrances are connected by a footbridge and public footpath.
During 1919/1920 the Midland Railway Company inhibited access via the Trent Street exit. On 24 February 1919 a petition "signed by over 1,000 season-ticket holders" was submitted to the Midland Railway Company. Member of Parliament for Nottingham Central Albert Atkey raised numerous questions in the House of Commons,answered by the President of the Board of Trade Auckland Geddes and Minster for Transport Eric Geddes. [50] [51] [52] On 18 August 1919 the Chief Inspector of Railways John Wallace Pringle visited Nottingham Midlands Station "in connection with this matter". [53] [54] [55] By March 1920 local employer Boots the Chemist were offering to pay the Midland Railway £ 100 (equivalent to£4,800 in 2023) [56] for maintenance of the Trent Street entrance. [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] On 27 April 1920 a petition was submitted to Parliament "signed by the Mayor,Sheriff,and the Town Clerk on behalf of the civic authorities of Nottingham,the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce,and the members of the Council,and 18,000 other users of the railway". [63] [64] [65] [66]
From 28 October 2024 East Midlands Railway had planned to inhibit access from platforms 1–6 (via the footbridge and the public right of way) to both Queen's Road (south) and Trent Street (north) entrances. [67] [68] [69] [70] As of 29 October 2024 [update] ,access to both entrances remained open,with the planned pilot project under review. [71]
Blocking of passenger access to the platforms was in place after 16:30 on 30 October 2024. [72] [73] Local members of parliament Nadia Whittome and Lilian Greenwood met with EMR on 1 November 2024. [74] The pilot was planned to end on 17 November 2024. [75]
Halfway along the platforms is an overhead footbridge,running from Station Street (at the north) and the tram stop link over station platforms 1–6 to platform 7 and car parking facilities at Queen's Road (at the south). [15] : 2 The footbridge carries footpath 28,the only traffic-free crossing over the Midland Main Line in Nottingham. [76] : 4 Footpath 28 was previously diverted from the demolished footbridge 21 to the present footbridge 20B during the 1990s. The original route formed part of the Trent Bridge Footway, [76] : 4 between the centre of Nottingham and the river crossing at Trent Bridge. In 2004,Nottingham City Council stated that right of way over the footbridge would be closed,following the completion of a multi-storey car park. [15] : 4
Alternative pavement improvement works were scheduled for Queens Road in February 2009. [40] : 2 During 2008–2012,BPR Architects submitted designs for automated ticket gate (ATG) barrier installations at St Pancras,Sheffield,Derby and Nottingham station concourses plus both ends of Nottingham footbridge 20B. [77] : 2 [78] BPR's design included four ATG barriers on the north end of the footbridge itself,plus a new enclosure and four barriers between the car park and platform 6 at the south end. [79] [80] A procedure to permanently stop-up the right-of-way commenced on 19 March 2010, [76] : 1 A planning application for barriers was filed on 29 March 2010 and withdrawn again on 10 May 2010. [81] Following a public inquiry held during 8–9 November 2011,the stopping up order was denied;the inspector summing up: [76] : 8 [82] [83]
Footpath 28 is unique and offers an experience which the alternative, replacement route cannot – a traffic free route within the city, which in addition provides a convenient link for a large number of users to and from residential areas, work places and other facilities. It provides a short but valued opportunity for pedestrians to get away from trafficked routes, with the added amenity value of an historic environment. On balancing the merits and demerits of the stopping up order, I find that the disadvantages and loss likely to arise as a result of the stopping up of the footpath to members of the public generally are such that permanent closure of Footpath 28 to the public is not justified. Thus, I conclude that the Order should not be confirmed.
— Susan Doran BA Hons MIPROW, Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Decision Notice §44, 13 December 2011 [76] : 8
The footbridge was scheduled to be closed temporarily in November 2017; the reasons given were "making improvements" and "essential maintenance work". [84] [85]
To facilitate the Nottingham Express Transit's phase two extension into the south of the city, it was decided to have the tram line cross the station on the line of the original Great Central Railway viaduct, which had been closed to passenger trains in 1967 and goods in 1973. This required a bridge, crossing from the existing Station Street stop, which closed, over both the station and Queen's Road. [15] : 5, 8 [86] [87]
Construction of the tram bridge started on 10 April 2012 and the bridge was jacked into place in May 2013. The tram bridge design is a Warren truss design made of 508 to 711 mm (20.0 to 28.0 in) diameter steel tubes. [88] : 6 The main bridge is 14.53 m (47.7 ft) wide between the truss centrelines, with two equal spans of 52.12 m (171.0 ft). The bridge is officially called the Karlsruhe Friendship Bridge, after Nottingham's twin city of Karlsruhe, Germany. [88] : 6 [89] [90] [91]
The new Nottingham Station tram stop was constructed on the bridge, providing interchange with the railway network. It replaced the previous Station Street tram stop, opened in 2004, which was located approximately 100 metres (330 ft) to the north. The new stop was opened on 27 July 2015 and the former stop closed at the same time, although the intention is to reopen the Station Street access building as a second access to the new stop once it has been refurbished. The new stop served as the new southern terminus of the system until the rest of NET's phase two opened, at which point it became a through station, with trams continuing to new termini in Chilwell and Clifton. [16] [92] [93]
On the morning of 12 January 2018, a fire extensively damaged the station buildings. Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service received a call at 6:25 am reporting that a fire had started in the women's toilet in the newly built section of the station. [94] The fire was attended by ten fire engines and 50 firefighters. Firefighters from Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service also attended, bringing the total to 60. [95]
After the fire began, it spread upwards into the roof of the newly built section of the station, along the station concourse and into the historic station building. [96] [97] There was extensive disruption to trains in the East Midlands area.
British Transport Police stated, later the same day, that they were treating the fire as arson [98] and, on 2 February 2018, police reported that a 33-year-old woman had been arrested on suspicion of arson. [99] In August 2019, a 34-year-old drug addict received a two-year jail sentence, having admitted to accidentally setting fire to a bin while using heroin and crack. [100]
In February 2018, East Midlands Trains named one of their recently transferred Class 43 power cars (43467) Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service and British Transport Police Nottingham after their assistance during the fire. [101]
The station is aligned approximately east to west, at the southern edge of the city centre, with Station Street to the north and Queen's Road to the south. At the western end of the station, the tracks are spanned by Carrington Street and the station's main entrance is on the eastern side of this street. Since the station's redevelopment, the entrances from Carrington Street open into a concourse that spans the station from north to south. This occupies what was once the station's porte-cochère and provides a large pedestrian circulation area, along with several retail sites. [15] : 3–5 [102]
The booking hall for the railway station opens off the centre of eastern side of the concourse and, in turn, gives access via ticket barriers to a pedestrian overbridge with stairs and lifts down to the railway platforms. A second concourse opens off the main concourse at the southern end of its eastern side; this runs parallel and to the south of the platforms, giving access by stairs, lifts and escalators to the tram stop, the station car park, taxi rank, vehicular pick-up and drop-off points, and Queen Street. The tram stop spans the station from north to south to the east of the main entrance, at a higher level than the concourse, and east of that a second footbridge links the platforms; it carries the previously referred-to footpath 28. [15] : 3–5 [102]
The station's multi-storey car park lies south of the platforms, north of Queen Street, and east of the tram bridge. It provides parking for about 800 cars and the covered area below it houses the station's new taxi rank, pick-up and drop-off points, relocated from the old porte-cochère. [15] : 3–5 [102]
The railway platforms lie at a lower level than the station entrance and are within a ticket barrier enforced paid area. From north to south, the station has two island platforms and a single side platform, with a total of seven numbered platform faces. [103] Each platform is linked to the main entrance concourse by stairs and lifts and to the second footbridge by stairs only. [102]
The northern of the two island platforms has a bi-directionally signalled through platform face on each side,[ clarification needed ] numbered 1 and 3, and an east-facing bay, numbered 2. The two through platforms are long enough to accommodate fifteen and fourteen coach trains, whilst the bay can accommodate a four-coach train. [103]
The middle island platform also has bi-directionally signalled through platform faces on each side, numbered 4 and 6, together with a west-facing terminal platform face, numbered 5. Platform 4 can accommodate a five-coach train, platform 5 a seven-coach train and platform 6 a fourteen-coach train. [103]
Finally the southern side platform is numbered 7 and can accommodate a thirteen-coach train. Sufficient space exists to the south of this platform to add a second platform face, effectively converting this side platform into an island platform, if traffic increases to justify it. [15] : 7 [103]
Nottingham Station | ||||||||||||||||
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Nottingham Express Transit tram stop | ||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Nottingham, City of Nottingham England | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 52°56′49″N1°08′44″W / 52.9470046°N 1.1456601°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Nottingham Express Transit | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | Nottingham Express Transit | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | 1 2 | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Viaduct | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Step-free access to platform | |||||||||||||||
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9 March 2004 | Opened as Station Street | |||||||||||||||
27 July 2015 | Resited and renamed Nottingham Station | |||||||||||||||
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The new tram stop is positioned at a higher level than the station entrance and lies at a right angle to, and above, the railway platforms. It is designed as a through stop, with two side platforms flanking each side of the double tramway track. Like all NET stops, pedestrian access between the platforms is permitted on the level via crossings at each end of the platforms. Ticket machines are located on both platforms and the stop lies outside the ticket barrier-enforced paid area of the railway station. [92]
The tram stop is connected directly to the railway station's main concourse (and the railway platforms) via the new side concourse, with stairs, escalators and lifts bridging the height difference. A direct access is also provided to the station's multi-storey car park. The former access from Station Street is also still available, accessible via a walkway running parallel to the railway tracks. [92]
North of the stop, the tramway tracks pass over Station Street and through the abandoned platforms of the former Station Street stop, before proceeding along the old Great Central Main Line viaduct and eventually joining an on-street section through the centre of Nottingham. South of the new stop, the tracks pass over Queen's Road before descending a ramp and re-joining the city's streets at ground level. The junction between the Clifton and Chilwell branches of the NET system lies just beyond this point. [104]
Monday to Friday off-peak service patterns as of June 2024 in trains per hour (tph) and trains per day (tpd):
East Midlands Railway: [105]
CrossCountry: [106]
Northern: [107]
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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CrossCountry | Terminus | |||
CrossCountry | ||||
CrossCountry | ||||
East Midlands Railway | Terminus | |||
Limited Service | ||||
East Midlands Railway Leicester–Lincoln/Grimsby/Cleethorpes | ||||
Limited Service | East Midlands Railway Liverpool–Norwich | |||
Limited Service | ||||
Terminus | East Midlands Railway Nottingham–Skegness | Limited Service | ||
Limited Service | ||||
East Midlands Railway | Terminus | |||
East Midlands Railway Crewe-Newark Castle | ||||
Northern Trains | Terminus |
Nottingham station is on the common section of the NET, where line 1, between Hucknall and Toton Lane, and line 2, between Phoenix Park and Clifton South, operate together. The two branches to Toton Lane and Clifton South split to the south of the station, while sharing track to the north into the city centre. Trams on each line run at a frequency of between four and eight trams per hour, depending on the day and time of day, combining to provide up to 16 trams per hour on the common section. [104]
Preceding station | NET | Following station | ||
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Lace Market towards Hucknall | Line 1 | Meadows Way West towards Toton Lane | ||
Lace Market towards Phoenix Park | Line 2 | Queens Walk towards Clifton South |
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Hucknall station, also formerly known as Hucknall Byron station, is a railway station and tram stop in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England. It is located on the Robin Hood railway line, 5 miles (8 km) north of Nottingham, and is also the northern terminus of the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) tram system. The station has park and ride facilities, with nearly 450 parking spaces for use by both tram and train passengers.
Bulwell station, previously known as Bulwell Market station, is a railway station and tram stop serving the town of Bulwell, in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located on the Robin Hood Line and the Hucknall branch of the Nottingham Express Transit (NET).
Beeston railway station serves the town of Beeston in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies on a spur of the Midland Main Line and is managed by East Midlands Railway. It is situated 3.2 miles (5.1 km) south-west of Nottingham railway station and 750 metres (0.5 mi) south-east of Beeston transport interchange, for local bus services and Nottingham Express Transit trams. The station building is Grade II listed.
AE Lambert built the station between 1903 and 1904 for Midland Railway Company.[ dead link ]
BDP … the Manchester studio has been involved in the redevelopment of Nottingham and Chester stations
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has generic name (help)Signalling renewals at Nottingham station … segregation of trains at the west end of Nottingham with bi-directionally paired tracks for trains to Derby / Leicester and Mansfield / Sheffield
Mr. Atkey … asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the information supplied to him by the Midland Railway Company in respect of the opening of one of the closed entrances to their Nottingham station is incorrect, and that the opening of the entrance opposite Trent Street would not involve any additional booking office accommodation or the appointment of any additional booking clerks, none of which have ever been provided at this entrance prior to its closure … Mr. A. Geddes … if the policy of the company, namely, to convert Nottingham Station from an open to a closed one, is continued, … I am asking an inspecting officer of railways to take an opportunity of visiting the station,
Mr. Atkey … whether he has now seen the letter from the Nottingham Chamber of Commerce and the Town Clerk of Nottingham upon the subject of the inconvenience caused to the travelling public of Nottingham by the closure of the entrance to the Midland Station opposite Trent Street; whether he is aware that a petition was sent to the Midland Railway Company on 24th February, 1919, signed by over 1,000 season-ticket holders and endorsed by many citizens testifying to the inconvenience caused by the closure of this entrance; and whether, in view of the inconvenience caused by the existing state of affairs, he will make such representations to the Railway Executive Committee as will at once meet the demand for the re-opening of the entrance in question? Mr. Bridgeman The letter … has been brought to the notice of the Chief Inspecting Officer of Railways, who, as stated in the reply given on the subject on the 4th August [1919], will visit the station as soon as his duties permit.
5.0 P.M. Mr. Atkey I have been a Member of this House for six months, and this is the first occasion on which I have ventured to address it. … We have been told by the Chancellor or the Financial Secretary that every question in this House costs the country a sovereign apiece. … until he can persuade the Board of Trade to provide intelligent answers to questions and to give due attention to rational questions put to them, there is likely to be a drain on the resources of this country of at least £1 per week until he has persuaded the President of the Board of Trade to give the people of Nottingham access to the Midland Railway Station.
Mr. Atkey … asked the President of the Board of Trade … petition to the Midland Railway Company, signed by over 1,000 season-ticket holders, as to the great inconvenience suffered by the travelling public in Nottingham arising from the closing of the entrance to the Midland Station opposite Trent Street, he will make such representations to the Railway Executive Committee as will at once meet the demand for the reopening of the entrance in question, and also avoid the necessity of taking the chief inspecting officer of railways from his more important duties in order to visit Nottingham? Mr. A. Geddes … the chief inspecting officer of railways is today visiting Nottingham in connection with this matter.
Mr. Atkey asked the Minister of Transport whether his refusal to instruct the Midland Railway Company to reopen the closed exit opposite Trent Street, Nottingham, arises from the cost involved Sir E. Geddes … details of such cost, which are given in the report by the Chief Inspecting Officer of Railways, … furnished with a copy in August [1919] last. Lord H. Cavendish-Bentinck Will the right hon. Gentleman accept my assurance that the very greatest discomfort is experienced by passengers at Nottingham by this arrangement? Dr. Murray … questions on this everlasting gate every week? Brigadier-General Croft When are the people of Nottingham to be given these facilities?
Mr. Atkey … loss in time to business people is greatly in excess of the larger of these sums: and is he prepared, on the grounds of national economy, to give instructions for the closed exit to be reopened? … Sir E. Geddes … estimated by the [Midland] Railway Company in August last that the re-opening of the exit referred to, without the provision of booking facilities, would cost the amounts mentioned
Mr. Atkey … re-opening the closed exit from the Midland Railway opposite Trent Street, Nottingham; will he give details showing how it is arrived at; and what the net cost would be after allowing for the saving to the Exchequer which would follow the employment of discharged and demobilised sailors or soldiers now drawing out-of-work donations, and also taking credit for the contribution of £100 per annum offered by Boots Cash Chemists, Limited, as an acknowledgment of the convenience which the re-opening of the exit would provide to many hundreds of their employees? Caption Loseby Cannot the hon. Gentleman spare the House a repetition of the very painful details of this controversy by making something in the nature of a concession to the right hon. Gentleman? Dr. Murray … Would the hon. Gentleman also take into account the amount of money that would be saved by the elimination of this weekly conundrum from the Question Paper?
Mr. Atkey … drawing attention to the closing of the gate of a railway station in Nottingham. … 2,000 or 3,000 people at least who are irritated every day. … this is a small incident it involves a big principle—whether this House is going to permit the advice of one of its Members to be over-ridden in favour of the view of the minor official of a railway company. … I said … "If can get the Prime Minister to express an opinion on the subject, do you think that that might count?" … "Well, perhaps we might be inclined to take some little notice of the opinion of the Prime Minister." … decided to confer upon the Prime Minister the Freedom of the City [of Nottingham] …"
Mr. Atkey … cost of re-opening the closed exit opposite Trent Street, Nottingham? … Sir E. Geddes … estimated that the annual cost of re-opening the closed exit from 5 a.m to midnight would be £548 6s. 5d., and from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., £358 10s. 0d. In addition, the provision of collapsible gates and a ticket collector's cabin would be necessary the estimated cost of which is £100.
Mr. Atkey … how the costs of re-opening the closed exit from the Midland station opposite Trent Street, Nottingham, are arrived at … Sir E. Geddes …
Mr. Atkey … when the system of charging for admission to the platform of the Midland Railway station at Nottingham was first adopted; and what is the amount which has been received by the railway company … Mr. Betterton … Is this the station from which facilities have recently been withdrawn on the ground of expense? … Sir E. Geddes … Not recently—a considerable time ago. We have had many questions on thy subject.
amount of money now being collected from the public in Nottingham in the way of platform tickets. … The closed station was inconvenient enough, but now people who desire to see their friends depart or to meet incoming visitors have to pay 1d. … a proper way of spending the funds now collected by the Midland Co. … would be … the opening of the exit. … The Minister is being advised by an official of the railway company, and he is standing on that advice, against the advice I have brought to him and against the resolutions of the City Council of Nottingham, the Chambers of Commerce in Nottingham, and many other trade associations in Nottingham. All these people who are interested are organising a petition, … Major-General Seely … may I be allowed, … to endorse the plea that has been made so often by the hon. Member for Nottingham (Mr. Atkey) for further facilities at Nottingham station. I have never said anything about this before, but I can assure the right hon. Gentleman that all the facts are as stated by my hon. Friend, and that the inconvenience caused to the public in a place which is near my own constituency is very great, and I cannot understand why he cannot put this matter right. I would urge him in the strongest terms to get rid of whatever technical difficulties there may be. … in what is a small matter, but one which nevertheless causes great inconvenience to many thousands of people in a great industrial centre. Sir E. Geddes As to Nottingham station, I feel sure that everyone wishes, including myself, that success may crown the crusades which my hon. Friend is waging, and now that he has an ally in my right hon. Friend (Major-General Seely) I think I shall have to join them and see what can be done.
Mr. Atkey I desire to present a petition from tradesmen, workmen, manufacturers, merchants, and other citizens of the city and environments of Nottingham. The petition showeth: … "Until the 2nd of February, 1917, there existed an entrance to the Midland Station opposite Station Street which gave access to and from the centre of the station to various platforms, which entrance was of the greatest convenience." "Your petitioners, therefore, pray that this honourable House will give direction to the Minister of Transport to call upon the Midland Railway Company to re-open that entrance." The petition is signed by the Mayor, Sheriff, and the Town Clerk on behalf of the civic authorities of Nottingham, the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, and the members of the Council, and 18,000 other users of the railway.
Mr. Atkey] … petition presented to this honourable House, signed by the mayor and sheriff of Nottingham on behalf of the city, and by 18,000 users of the Midland Railway, praying for the re-opening of the closed exit opposite Trent Street, Nottingham … Mr. E. Geddes This matter is still in hand. The Midland Railway Company have informed me that they would raise no objection to re-opening the exit if the Corporation desire this facility and will bear the cost, … Sir J. Remnant Has not the right hon. Gentleman power to make the railway company open this station if he is satisfied that it should be opened? … Sir E. Geddes No, I am advised not.
Mr. Atkey … request the Midland Railway Company to reopen the closed exit from their Nottingham station opposite Trent Street?
Mr. Atkey … ascertain from the Midland Railway Company the date when the platform tax was first imposed at their Nottingham station; and what is the amount of revenue which has accrued from this source up to date? Sir E. Geddes The side entrances to Nottingham station were closed in February, 1917, and I presume that a charge for admission to the platforms was instituted at or about that time. I am ascertaining what the platform ticket receipts are …
From Monday 28 October, the centre footbridge at this station will close. Access to, from and between platforms will be via the stairs/lifts at the main entrance of the station. … The Public Right of Way will be maintained between Queen's Road (near the multi-storey Car Park) and Station Street/Tram, however, you will not be able to access platforms from this bridge.
From Monday, the footbridge connecting Station Street to Queen's Road will have access to platforms one to six closed off. East Midlands Railway (EMR) said the public right of way would be maintained and people would still be able to access the tram from the bridge.
from Monday, October 28 … The footbridge, which connects Station Street to Queen's Road, will remain a public right of way. Customers who have previously used the bridge are advised to allow extra time to walk through the station to catch their required service. Access to the tram on Station Street via the footbridge will also be maintained.
East Midlands Railway (EMR) has postponed controversial plans to close its footbridge to passengers at Nottingham Railway Station after substantial opposition … EMR said late on Tuesday afternoon [29 October 2024] that: "The footbridge remains open for the moment. The team is reviewing feedback and making some final assessments; the closure is now expected to be later in the week."
trial, which is set to last two weeks, was implemented at 4:30 pm on Wednesday 30 October [2024].
closure of the route to platforms from Station Street is a "pilot" and will last in its first phase until November 17. … the closure was delayed and pushed back ... On Wednesday, October 30, a guard was seen at the entrance to the footbridge stopping people … and was being enforced from 4pm on that day.
… closure of the entrance forms part of a pilot scheme, of which phase one will last until 17 November [2024]. … Nottingham Labour MPs Nadia Whittome and Lilian Greenwood … met with representatives for East Midlands Railway on Friday, November 1 [2024].
the trial will end on 17 November, after which a review will be conducted to "evaluate its effectiveness".
Installation of automatic ticket gates on footbridge and erection of entrance enclosure to house automatic ticket gates to south of footbridge with associated CCTV cameras.
Installation of automatic ticket gates on footbridge and erection of entrance enclosure to house automatic ticket gates to south of footbridge with associated CCTV cameras. … In accordance with your request, I am treating the above application as withdrawn.[ permanent dead link ]
From Monday 20th November until Friday 24th November, the middle footbridge will be closed off while essential maintenance work takes place … to cross between the platforms, access the tram stop or reach Station Street will need to use the main station stairs at the end of the platforms.
footbridge will be closed from November 20 to November 24
exactly on the same alignment as the old Great Central Bridge closed in the early 1970s!
route would pass over the railway station on new viaduct, on the line of the former Great Central Railway
Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service was called at 6.25am to reports of a fire in the ladies toilet on a platform
Bryn Coleman, incident commander for Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, told BBC Breakfast: "Crews arrived at approximately 6.30am to a significant fire in the new section of the train station. There was a fire in the concourse area and crews reported a severe fire in some of the blocks there. Unfortunately, the fire is spreading to the roof void of the new section of the train station and it's now travelling across the main concourse area across the main lines into Nottingham train station."