Attenborough railway station

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Attenborough
National Rail
2014 at Attenborough station - looking westwards.JPG
LocationAttenborough, Broxtowe
England
Coordinates52°54′24″N 1°13′50″W / 52.9067°N 1.2306°W / 52.9067; -1.2306Coordinates: 52°54′24″N 1°13′50″W / 52.9067°N 1.2306°W / 52.9067; -1.2306
Grid referenceSK518346
Managed byEast Midlands Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeATB
ClassificationDfT category F2
Key dates
1 December 1856Station opens as Attenborough Gate
1 November 1858Station closes
1 September 1864Station reopens as Attenborough
19 April 1937Station renamed Chilwell
27 September 1937Station renamed Attenborough
Passengers
2015/16Decrease 0.112 million
2016/17Decrease 0.106 million
2017/18Increase 0.108 million
2018/19Decrease 99,484
2019/20Increase 0.107 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Midland Railway locomotive 547 fitted for oil burning ca. 1920
Down freight train approaching the station in 1961
A Class 222 Meridian near Attenborough on the Midland Main Line

Attenborough railway station serves Attenborough in Nottinghamshire, England.

History[]

Built as a halt known as Attenborough Gate in 1856 on the Midland Counties Railway line from Nottingham to Derby which had opened in 1839, the station opened next to a level crossing and tickets were bought from the crossing keeper.

The station on the present site was built by the Midland Railway and opened on 1 September 1864;[1] the Gate suffix was dropped and the name became Attenborough.

Becoming part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, the station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

During World War I the station had its platforms extended[citation needed] as it was used as an interchange for soldiers and workers heading for National Shell Filling Factory No. 6 at Chilwell.

In April 1937 the station was renamed Chilwell. However, this did not go down well with Attenborough locals who raised a petition which 235 local people signed.[2] This resulted in a decision by the LMS to revert the name to Attenborough.[3]

The signal box survived until at least 1982 but is now demolished.

When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways.

It is an unstaffed station, having lost its station buildings and staff in the early 1990s. Following a rebuild of the platforms in 2005 the station has no architectural remains from any earlier station except parts of the footbridge.

The footbridge was replaced in 2007, receiving a new steel deck and stairways. The blue brick towers, which support the bridge, were retained.

Stationmasters[]

  • John Silvester[4] until 1876[5]
  • G. Jakes 1876 - 1878[5]
  • John Bradshaw Bott 1878[5] - 1904[6]
  • A. Griffin 1904[6] - 1908[7] (afterwards station master at Holwell Junction)
  • Joseph Henry Wildgoose 1908[8] - 1925 (formerly station master at Scotby)
  • Thomas R. Cliff 1931 - 1936[9]
  • T. Powell from 1936 (formerly station master at Willington, Bedfordshire) - ca. 1948
  • Thomas W. Tate 1956 - 1966[10] (formerly station master at Nantwich)

Services[]

An hourly service is provided throughout the day by East Midlands Railway' Matlock to Nottingham service. Most of these now run through to & from Newark Castle since the December 2014 timetable change. Additional services run at peak times, including some operated by CrossCountry.[11]

On Sundays the service is also hourly, although only between Nottingham and Derby (two-hourly extensions to Matlock).

East Midlands Railway Mainline services from Leeds, Sheffield and London run through at high speed, but do not stop. Interchange with Mainline services can be made at Derby and Nottingham.

Preceding station   National Rail National Rail   Following station
CrossCountry
Cardiff–Nottingham
East Midlands Railway
Leicester-Lincoln
Limited Service
Nottingham
East Midlands Railway
Derwent Valley Line

References[]

  1. ^ "Attenborough". Nottinghamshire Guardian. British Newspaper Archive. 9 September 1864. Retrieved 29 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Notts Station Name Change Outcry". Nottingham Evening Post. British Newspaper Archive. 26 May 1937. Retrieved 29 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Attenborough, Not Chilwell. Station's Name to be Changed Back Again". Nottingham Evening Post. British Newspaper Archive. 9 June 1937. Retrieved 29 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 377. 1871. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 686. 1871. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "1899-1908 Coaching; Piece 1027". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 305. 1899. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Midland Railway Changes". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 12 November 1908. Retrieved 11 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Town and Country Gossip". Derby Daily Telegraph. England. 18 December 1936. Retrieved 11 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Presentation to Stationmaster". South Notts Echo. England. 18 December 1936. Retrieved 11 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Stationmaster to retire". Long Eaton Advertiser. England. 1 April 1966. Retrieved 11 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Tables 56 & 57
  • Higginson, M, (1989) The Midland Counties Railway: A Pictorial Survey, Derby: Midland Railway Trust.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (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.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Station on navigable O.S. map

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