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General information | |
Location | Radcliffe-on-Trent, Rushcliffe England |
Coordinates | 52°56′56″N1°02′12″W / 52.948889°N 1.036667°W Coordinates: 52°56′56″N1°02′12″W / 52.948889°N 1.036667°W |
Grid reference | SK648394 |
Managed by | East Midlands Railway |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | RDF |
Classification | DfT category F1 |
History | |
Opened | 15 July 1850 [1] |
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Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Radcliffe railway station (also known as Radcliffe-on-Trent [2] and Radcliffe (Notts) [3] ) serves the village of Radcliffe-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire,England. It lies on the Nottingham to Grantham Line,5 miles (8 km) east of Nottingham. Services run to Nottingham,Grantham,Boston and Skegness.
It is located on the line first opened by the Ambergate,Nottingham,Boston and Eastern Junction Railway on 15 July 1850 and taken over by the Great Northern Railway [4]
The station itself was opened by the Great Northern Railway. The station buildings were designed by Thomas Chambers Hine.
The Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway opened in 1879 from Saxondale Junction,a few miles east of the station. The London and North Western Railway then provided a Nottingham to Northampton service which ceased in 1953.
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 with diesel-multiple unit trains. [5]
The station was renamed from Radcliffe on Trent to Radcliffe on 6 May 1974. [6]
As of December 2010 there are five trains each day to Nottingham and four to Skegness,with a single late evening service terminating at Boston. [7] All services are provided by East Midlands Railway,usually using Class 156 or Class 158 units. Express services between Norwich and Liverpool Lime Street call at the station once a day towards Liverpool,and also call here on 1 Sunday train to Norwich.
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Disused railways | ||||
Netherfield | Great Northern Railway Nottingham to Grantham Nottingham to Newark | Bingham | ||
Netherfield | London and North Western Railway Nottingham to Northampton | Bingham Road |
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Newark North Gate railway station is on the East Coast Main Line in the United Kingdom,serving the town of Newark-on-Trent,Nottinghamshire. It is 120 miles 8 chains (193.3 km) down the line from London King's Cross and is situated on the main line between Grantham to the south and Retford to the north. The station is Grade II listed.
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Wainfleet railway station serves the town of Wainfleet All Saints in Lincolnshire,England. The station has its own signal box at the east end of the platforms,which is next to the level crossing. Wainfleet station is 5 miles (8 km) west of Skegness on the Skegness - Grantham - Nottingham Poacher Line.
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