Burton Joyce railway station

Burton Joyce railway station serves the village of Burton Joyce in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies between Carlton and Lowdham stations on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line.

Burton Joyce
National Rail
General information
LocationBurton Joyce, Gedling
England
Grid referenceSK644433
Managed byEast Midlands Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBUJ
ClassificationDfT category F2
Passengers
2017/18Increase 16,270
2018/19Decrease 16,084
2019/20Decrease 15,330
2020/21Decrease 1,826
2021/22Increase 6,146
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The builders of the railway faced a good deal of opposition at Burton Joyce which resulted in the station being outside of the village. The preferred site of the railway company was near to the Lord Nelson inn, but the innkeeper objected on the grounds that he would have to brew more beer. The vicar of St Helen's Church, Burton Joyce, Revd. John Rolleston, near whose vicarage the line was to run, objected to the railway on account of the noise. Finally the promoters of the railway bought him out and built a new vicarage for him.[1]

The line was engineered by George Stephenson and opened by the Midland Railway on 3 August 1846.[2] The contractors for the line were Craven and Son of Newark and Nottingham[2]

The Nottingham (westbound) platform was shortened significantly when locomotive-hauled trains stopped in the 1960s, during the Beeching era. The main fleet through the station is class 153s and 156s, and sometimes 158s.

Stationmasters
  • Joseph Peel ca. 1859 - 1877[3]
  • Charles Jobbins 1877 - 1879[3] (afterwards station master at Coaley Junction)
  • William Allen 1879[3] - 1884
  • W. Whatley 1884 - 1886
  • William Henry Payne 1886 - 1892 (formerly station master at Tonge and Breedon)
  • F. Porter 1892 - 1895 (afterwards station master at East Langton)
  • Frederick Mason 1895 - 1899[4] (afterwards station master at Mansfield Woodhouse)
  • Sidney W. Varnam 1899 - 1903 (afterwards station master at Old Dalby)
  • E.H. Allen 1903 - 1906
  • H.D.D. Hinton 1906 - 1908
  • George Calow 1908[5] - ca. 1911 (formerly station master at Watnall)
  • G. Dewey ca. 1914
  • A.R. Powell from 1938[6]

Facilities and Services

The station has two platforms, a five-space car park, a help point and shelters on both platforms. East Midlands Railway serve this station with trains between Newark Castle and Crewe via Nottingham. Trains call every two hours each way throughout the day (with extras at peak times). These mostly run between Newark Castle and Crewe via Derby, but some Lincoln to Nottingham and Leicester trains also call at peak times and in the evenings. On Sundays, trains now run every two hours all day rather than from mid-afternoon onwards as they did prior to the May 2017 timetable change; these run between Lincoln and Nottingham only.

The station in 1963
Preceding station   National Rail National Rail   Following station
East Midlands Railway

References
  1. "Old Burton Joyce was Trade Hub". Nottingham Journal. England. 5 July 1948. Retrieved 4 February 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. "Opening of the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway". Lincolnshire Chronicle. England. 7 August 1846. Retrieved 2 March 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 392. 1871. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  4. "Midland Railway Staff Changes". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 7 September 1899. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Midland Railway Changes". Belper News. England. 3 January 1908. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Mr. A.R. Powell". Belper News. England. 15 July 1938. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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