Elton and Orston railway station

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Elton and Orston
National Rail
Elton and Orston Station.jpg
LocationElton on the Hill, Rushcliffe
England
Grid referenceSK770400
Managed byEast Midlands Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeELO
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Opened15 July 1850
Original companyAmbergate, Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Northern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Passengers
2016/17Decrease 128
2017/18Increase 138
2018/19Increase 164
2019/20Decrease 68
2020/21Decrease 12
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Timetable of the services for July 1850 from the Nottinghamshire Guardian, Thursday 11 July 1850

Elton and Orston (formerly Elton) railway station serves the villages of Elton on the Hill and Orston in Nottinghamshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway, but now provides minimal rail services.

History[]

The station lies on the line first opened by the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway. Passenger services began on 15 July 1850.[1] The line was taken over by the Great Northern Railway[2] in 1855. The master's lodge and ticket office building was designed by Thomas Chambers Hine.

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.[3]

Images[4] show how the station looked in 1967. No station buildings by Hine survived by 2008. There is a small 1980s brick-built shelter on one platform. The name of the station was still plain "Elton" in 1904.

Stationmasters[]

  • George H. Withers c. 1851
  • John Millman c. 1861
  • Hilton Johnson until 1866[5]
  • Richard Collins c. 1871
  • Paul Johnson 1881
  • John Curtis c. 1886 – c. 1891
  • John Beeston Ings c. 1900 (afterwards station master at Lowesby)
  • Thomas Winfield c. 1901
  • Arthur Gilbert c. 1927–1933 (afterwards station master at Aslockton)
  • H. Townsend until 1942[6] (afterwards station master at Stow Park)
  • J. R. Scholey 1942–1943[7] (afterwards station master at Tumby Woodside)
  • G. P. Brown 1943[8] (formerly station master at Northorpe, afterwards at Stickney)
  • R. S. Lamb 1945–1949, afterwards station master at Habrough.[9] - 1949 (afterwards station master at Habrough)
  • A. Trantham 1949–1951[10] (also station master at Cotham, afterwards station master at Sutton-on-Sea)
Preceding station   National Rail National Rail   Following station
East Midlands Railway
Nottingham-Grantham Line
Mondays-Saturdays only
  Historical railways  
Aslockton
Line and station open 		  Great Northern Railway
Nottingham to Grantham 		  Bottesford
Line and station open
Aslockton
Line and station open 		  Great Northern Railway
Nottingham to Newark 		  Cotham
Line and station closed

Services[]

The station is unstaffed and offers limited facilities other than two shelters, bicycle storage, timetables and modern "Help Points". The full range of tickets for travel can be purchased from the inspector on the train at no extra cost. There are no retail facilities at the station.

There is one service to Nottingham per day at 06:25 and one service to Skegness per day at 17:10. There is no Sunday service. The service operates on most bank holidays.[11]

The 2019/2020 statistics show only 68 recorded journeys to and from Elton and Orston and it was the second least used station in the country behind Berney Arms.[12] It was Nottinghamshire's least used station and is one stop down the line from Leicestershire's least used station, Bottesford.[13]

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. ^ "Train Service Alterations from Monday". Grantham Journal. England. 4 January 1963. Retrieved 18 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ Priestly, Henry (1967). "Elton and Orston Station, Orston, 1967". Picture the Past. Nottingham City Council. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Deaths". Nottinghamshire Guardian. England. 26 January 1866. Retrieved 17 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "L.N.E.R. Appointment". Lincolnshire Echo. England. 25 August 1942. Retrieved 17 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Mr. J. R. Scholey". Boston Guardian. England. 30 June 1943. Retrieved 17 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Elton". Grantham Journal. England. 20 August 1943. Retrieved 17 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Elton". Grantham Journal. England. 5 January 1945. Retrieved 17 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Elton and Orston". Grantham Journal. England. 25 February 1949. Retrieved 17 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "Elton & Orston – Least Used Station in Nottinghamshire". Geoff Marshall via YouTube. 24 April 2018. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021.
  12. ^ Least used stations list on page 4. Retrieved 07 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Bottesford – Least Used Station in Leicestershire". Geoff Marshall via YouTube. 23 April 2018. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021.

External links[]

Coordinates: 52°57′06″N 00°51′21″W / 52.95167°N 0.85583°W / 52.95167; -0.85583

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