Bingham railway station

This article is about the station in Nottinghamshire. For the tram stop in Ontario, see Bingham Loop. For the closed station in London, see Bingham Road railway station.

Bingham railway station serves the market town of Bingham, Nottinghamshire, England. The station is 8½ miles (14 km) east of Nottingham on the Nottingham-Skegness Line. The station is operated and served by East Midlands Railway.

Bingham
General information
Location	Bingham, Rushcliffe England
Grid reference	SK705401
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BIN
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Opened	1850
Passengers
2018/19	77,128
2019/20	79,410
2020/21	14,442
2021/22	55,774
2022/23	63,540
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

 

Bingham station on 13 July 1963

Passenger services started on 15 July 1850.^[1] It is located on the line first opened by the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway and taken over by the Great Northern Railway.^[2] The buildings were designed by Thomas Chambers Hine.^[3]

In 1851 the first station master, Thomas Hand, absconded with five days' takings from passengers travelling to the Nottingham Fair.^[4]

Between 1879 and 1953, Bingham was also served by Bingham Road station on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway. It was used for London and North Western Railway services between Nottingham London Road and stations to Northampton.

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.^[5]

Station masters

• Thomas Hand, 1850–1851^[4]
• Robert Nicholson, c. 1865
• J. W. Page (afterwards station master at Harby and Stathern)
• Charles Richardson, 1877–1898^[6]
• George Tagg
• Mr Chandler, up to 1902^[7] (afterwards station master at Little Bytham)
• John Thomas James, c. 1913
• A. Smith, up to 1937^[8] (afterwards station master at Loughborough Central)
• Albert S. Langford, c. 1940 – c. 1945
• F. L. Cantwell, c. 1959–1961
• J. H. Fisher, from 1961

Services

There is generally an hourly service daily westbound to Nottingham and eastbound towards Grantham and Skegness.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Radcliffe		East Midlands Railway Nottingham–Grantham line		Aslockton
	Disused railways
Radcliffe-on-Trent		Great Northern Railway Nottingham to Grantham Nottingham to Newark		Aslockton

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. "The Ambergate Railway". Nottinghamshire Guardian. England. 18 July 1850. Retrieved 29 June 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Gleanings". Durham County Advertiser. England. 17 October 1851. Retrieved 8 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Train Service Alterations from Monday". Grantham Journal. England. 4 January 1963. Retrieved 18 December 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Presentation to the Bingham Great Northern Station Master". Nottingham Journal. England. 5 November 1898. Retrieved 8 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Great Northern Railway promotion". Stamford Mercury. England. 30 May 1902. Retrieved 8 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "The L.N.E.R announce…". Nottingham Journal. England. 15 January 1937. Retrieved 8 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bingham railway station.

• Train times and station information for Bingham railway station from National Rail
• Evacuees arriving at Bingham station^{[permanent dead link]}

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